Resources

Clutter Hoarding Scale


www.nsgcd.org/resources/clutterhoardingscale.php

Measuring Squalor


www.squalorsurvivors.com/squalor/measuring.shtml

Hoard House

Compulsive Clutter in NYC

Multimedia project that explores the impact of hoarding on hoarders, psychologists, cleanup specialists, and social workers for whom hoarding is a defining phenomenon.
www.hoardhouse.com/

My Mother’s Garden

An award-winning film that documents a 61-year-old woman’s daily life as a hoarder, filmed by her daughter, director Cynthia Lester.
www.mymothersgardenmovie.com

Packrat

by Kris Montag

www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/410_prat.php

Possessed

by Martin Hampton

Online Self-Help Support Groups for OCD Hoarders

http://www.ocfoundation.info/hoarding/support-groups/online-self-help-su...

Children of Hoarders

A group for/to support those who grew up in a hoarding environment and/or currently have a relative who hoards. Many resources, online videos, shared stories and more

www.Childrenofhoarders.com

Squalor Survivors
Stories, photos, tools, community forum and chat, resources, information for people who know someone who hoards.

www.squalorsurvivors.com/index.shtml

Web Discussion Group for Hoarders


Hoarding Task Forces and Community Related News

www.childrenofhoarders.com/coh57.php

Hoarders.Org

www.hoarders.org/

San Francisco Bay Area Internet Guide for Extreme Hoarding Behavior

Institute of Living

Anxiety Disorders Center

860-545-7685

Diagnostic evaluation, Group therapy, In-Person Family Consult, Telephone Initial Evaluation, Telephone Therapy, Telephone Family consultation, In-Home Consultation

www.compulsivehoarding.org

Boston University School of Social Work

Boston University Hoarding Project

Initial Telephone Screening and Referral, Diagnostic Assessment, Group Treatment, Support Groups

617-353-0815

www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/

It covers the definition of hoarding, professional articles on multiple aspects of hoarding, a Research Digest for hoarding related scientific papers; self help and support group articles, a hoarding/compulsive buying screening test, and useful information about this medical disorder. Created and run by two experts in the field, Randy Frost, Ph.D. and Gail Steketee, Ph.D.

Check them out on Amazon.com for reviews and further information:

Buried In Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving and Hoarding
by David F. Tolin, Ph.D., Randy O. Frost, Ph.D.
Oxford University Press, 2007


Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Workbook
Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Therapist Guide
by Gail Steketee, Ph.D. and Randy Frost, Ph.D.
Oxford University Press, 2006


Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save and How You Can Stop
by Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D., Jerome Bubrick, Ph.D. and Jose Yaryura-Tobias, M.D.
New Harbinger Publications, July 2004


(Google their names for more information)


Rosemary Bakker, MS, ASID

Jerome Bubrick, Ph.D.

David Dia, Ph.D., LCSW

Randy Frost, Ph.D.

Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D.

Steven Phillipson, Ph.D.

Renee Reinardy, Psy.D.

Sanjaya Saxena, M.D.

Gail Steketee, Ph. D

David Tolin, Ph.D.

Jose Yaryura-Tobias, M.D.

Tamara L. Hartl, PhD

Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D

Here on this page, you'll find additional information and resources that will help you learn more about hoarding and related subjects.

Info on Credentials and Qualified Professionals

Mental Health and Medical Professionals

Books

Web Resources

Treatment Centers

Hoarding Task Forces and Community Resources

If you’ve been watching the A&E TV series “Hoarders”, you may have noticed that there are numerous mental health professionals working with the individuals in the Season 1 documentaries. According to emails I’m receiving, the initials following the doctors’ names are confusing. Several viewers are wondering what the difference is between a Ph.D, M.D., or MSW. And, what exactly is CBT? Hopefully, this will help clarify some of the confusion, chaos or conundrum about credentials.