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	Anxiety Zone - Compulsive hoarding
		Compulsive hoarding (or pathological hoarding) is a term which is used to describe extreme hoarding behaviour in humans.
		In addition to hoarding, she reported several other obsessive-compulsive symptoms, such as fear of hurting others due to carelessness, an over-concern with dirt and germs, a need for symmetry and a need to know or remember things.
		It is not clear whether compulsive hoarding is a condition in itself, or simply a symptom of other related conditions3.
	www.anxietyzone.com /conditions/compulsive_hoarding.html (716 words)

	SRI medication effective in treating compulsive hoarding patients
		Compulsive hoarding patients exhibit three core features: failure to discard objects due to severe anxiety related to discarding what most might regard as inconsequential objects; excessive acquisition, sometimes resulting in buying sprees; and excessive clutter to the point where home and work spaces can no longer be used.
		Compulsive hoarding is a psychiatric disorder with brain abnormalities that can be seen and measured, according to Saxena, whose research focuses on the neurobiology (brain abnormalities) and treatment of OCD and related mood and anxiety disorders.
		Preliminary data from their brain studies also suggest that people with compulsive hoarding are more likely to have mild atrophy or an unusual shape to their frontal lobes, which is the part of the brain associated with executive functions and decision-making.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-10/uoc--sme102406.php (649 words)

	OCF's Hoarding Web Site: Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome - An Introduction
		Those people who report compulsive hoarding as their primary type of OCD, who experience significant distress or functional impairment from their hoarding, and who also have symptoms of indecisiveness, procrastination, and avoidance, are classified as having compulsive hoarding syndrome.
		A compulsive hoarder will think, "This is too good to throw away," "This is important information," "I will need this later on," "This should not be wasted." These thoughts are generally normal, but their frequency and the importance attached to them are clearly excessive in compulsive hoarders.
		Compulsive hoarding syndrome may represent a subgroup or variant of OCD that is caused by different genetic and familial factors than non-hoarding OCD.
	www.ocfoundation.org /1005/m100a_002.htm (831 words)

	Saving the World? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Even in our own country, those who compulsively hoard and collect are sometimes kiddingly referred to as "pack rats," and they are laughed at as being eccentrics.
		When you look closely at the lives of compulsive hoarders, there is no doubt that they can become incapacitated and disabled by their habits, and their lives frequently become disorganized and unmanageable.
		These people compulsively thumb through every page of newspapers or magazines, and they double-check the seams of paper bags, boxes, and envelopes to be certain they have not thrown out money, jewelry, or important papers.
	www.homestead.com /westsuffolkpsych/Hoarding.html (1746 words)

	UOCHD: Intro to Hoarding.
		Hoarding is often a specific symptom of OCD which results in people keeping large amounts of items that to the outside world are considered excessive or worthless/useless.
		Hoarding and Saving Symptoms are found in 18% to 42% of OCD patients.
		Hoarding labels a person to be without any discipline, a person that is messy and it's not just that.
	understanding_ocd.tripod.com /hoarding.html (725 words)

	Compulsive hoarding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is not clear whether compulsive hoarding is a condition in itself, or simply a symptom of other related conditions
		Hoarding Fact Sheet - from Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.
		Steketee G, Frost R. Compulsive hoarding: Current status of the research.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Compulsive_hoarding (556 words)

	Neurobiology of Hoarders Differs From Other OCDs... 6/1/2004
		Hoarding and saving behaviors are associated with a number of psychiatric disorders, including age-related dementia and cognitive impairment, but they are most commonly associated with OCD.
		Compulsive hoarding is the primary source of impairment in 10 percent to 20 percent of OCD patients.
		Compulsive hoarding is one of several symptom clusters associated with OCD.
	www.newsroom.ucla.edu /page.asp?RelNum=5218 (991 words)

	Paxil Treats 'Compulsive Hoarding': The condition linked to OCD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Compulsive hoarding, which may affect up to 2 million people in the United States, is often found in patients with other diseases, including dementia, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and anorexia.
		Researchers aren't certain whether compulsive hoarding is a subtype of OCD or a separate disorder.
		The researchers found that both the hoarding and non-hoarding patients showed significant improvements in their symptoms when they were treated with Paxil, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).
	www.cbc.ca /cp/HealthScout/061110/6111004U.html (233 words)

	Bio-Behavioral Institute
		Compulsive hoarding is a complex psychological disorder that can significantly disrupt a person's life.
		Hoarding occurs when a person acquires and saves possessions that have either little or no value (or have some perceived value), and the person then has great difficulty in discarding their possessions.
		Often associated with OCD, OCPD and depression, hoarding can affect people's lives across all levels of functioning, It is common for hoarders to have interpersonal difficulties, family tension, poor self-esteem, poor social skills, weak decision-making skills, occupational issues, and even legal issues.
	www.bio-behavioral.com /hoarding.asp (359 words)

	Hoarding Fact Sheet - Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hoarding is the excessive collection and retention of things or animals until they interfere with day-to-day functions such as home, health, family, work and social life.
		The behavior of hoarding is seen in various illnesses.
		Hoarding is recognized as both a mental health issue and a public health problem.
	www.la4seniors.com /hoarding.htm (798 words)

	Hoarding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Larder hoarding, the collection of large amounts of food in a single place (a larder), which usually also serves as the nest where the animal lives.
		The compulsive collecting of objects is known as pathological or compulsive hoarding, whilst that of animals is known as animal hoarding.
		On a larger scale hoarding can be a business strategy similar to monopolisation, where an individual or organization attempts to temporarily control all available supplies of a given good in order to artificially increase the price.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hoarding (563 words)

	Comprehending Compulsive Cluttering \| by Belinda Lyons \| February 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Compulsive hoarding is defined as the acquisition of and failure to discard a large number of possessions that appear to be useless or of limited value in an attempt to decrease stress and anxiety.
		Compulsive hoarding can be an extremely difficult, and potentially disabling, problem to overcome.
		Compulsive hoarding is often a feature of several other mental illnesses in addition to OCD, including attention-deficit disorder, major depression and head trauma.
	www.sfaa.org /magazine/archives/06/feb/0602.lyons.html (1013 words)

	Saving
		Family research suggests that compulsive hoarding is a genetic disorder.
		Individuals with compulsive hoarding oftentimes struggle with indecisiveness and perfectionism, procrastination, difficulty organizing tasks, and avoidance.
		Compulsive hoarders over-estimate the possible negative repercussions of such a loss and then over-compensate by holding onto everything, “just in case.” The compulsive saving is an attempt to manage overwhelming anxiety associated with their fears.
	www.drgingerblume.com /scripts_saving.htm (588 words)

	hoarding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The compulsive hoarder does not realize when they are collecting or saving things that this behavior will cause their situation to get WORSE -- most often they are aware of it only when someone points out that it is a problem.
		Like other compulsive hoarders, He had formed an emotional attachment to his possessions and was not able to get rid of anything because of the sense of loss he was feeling from his childhood.
		So the first step in overcoming compulsive hoarding is accepting that there is a better way, and allowing yourself to let go of all those negative emotions that cause you to collect -- guilt, fear, anger, jealousy, etc.
	www.organizeyourlife.org /4_hoarding.htm (1524 words)

	The Nature of Compulsive Buying and Acquisition
		Compulsive buying has been defined as buying behavior that is uncontrollable and significantly distressing, time consuming, or resulting in social or financial difficulties (McElroy et al., 1994, p.242).
		Compulsive buying was also found to be correlated with OCD symptomatology and with the OCD-related phenomena of superstitiousness.
		It may be the case that compulsive buying is one manifestation of an underlying pattern of mental activity and that the tendency to buy compulsively is part of a more general tendency towards compulsive acquisition.
	sophia.smith.edu /~rfrost/nature.poster.html (1225 words)

	Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome
		According to the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, hoarding is defined as “the acquisition of and the inability to discard worthless items, though they appear (to others) to have no value”.
		Randy Frost defines Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome based on three criteria: accumulating and failing to discard perceived useless possessions, cluttered living spaces, and significant distress or problems functioning caused by hoarding.
		Hoarding was once thought to be only an elderly affliction, but studies have shown that this behavior is established in early adulthood, sometimes in childhood by the age of five, and can run in families.
	www.thesop.org /article.php?id=261 (739 words)

	ADC: Current Research
		Compulsive hoarding is a problem of excessive clutter in one's home, usually associated with difficulty discarding items and/or acquiring (either purchased or free) a number of items that one does not need or use and/or cannot afford.
		In a third study, we are interested in understanding brain functioning and activity in compulsive hoarding.
		People who have a problem with compulsive hoarding, but do not meet criteria for these studies may still be eligible to participate in future research and are welcome to contact us for more information.
	www.instituteofliving.org /adc/current_research_studies.htm (580 words)

	Neziroglu, compulsive hoarding
		People who hoard are embarrassed by their possessions and often take pains to conceal them, while collectors feel proud of their caches and enjoy showing them off.
		More and more, landlords and civic authorities who are familiar with hoarding try to work with tenants that hoard to help them deal with their possessions in more constructive ways, like letting people who hoard decide for themselves what to discard.
		The good news is that once someone who hoards accomplishes his or her goals and overcomes an urge to hoard, he or she will probably never hoard with the same degree of severity as before.
	www.newharbinger.com /client/client_pages/nezirogluinterview.cfm (1414 words)

	Compulsive Hoarding
		Compulsive hoarding afflicts up to forty percent of the seven to eight million Americans who suffer with obsessive compulsive disorder.
		Their reasons for hoarding are varied, ranging from believing others will steal their possessions, saving items for their children, and having lost touch with reality.
		Hoarding affects every member of the family and disrupts the normal routine.
	www.allaboutlifechallenges.org /compulsive-hoarding-faq.htm (356 words)

	What is Compulsive Hoarding?
		Right now, compulsive hoarding is considered by many researchers to be a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
		Many people with compulsive hoarding do not recognize how bad the problem really is; often, it is a family member who is most bothered by the clutter.
		Compulsive hoarding is thought to result from problems in one or more of these areas:
	www.oprah.com /tows/pastshows/200411/tows_past_20041118_b.jhtml (374 words)

	Dr. Koop - SRIs Work for Compulsive Hoarders
		All things a compulsive hoarder may hang on to for years because the thought of throwing them away is unbearable.
		Compulsive hoarding is estimated to affect up to 2 million people in the United States.
		"We know lots of people with compulsive hoarding who haven't had people over to their home in years because they are too embarrassed and filled with shame that it is too cluttered," Dr. Saxena said.
	www.drkoop.com /newsdetail/93/8014834.html (743 words)

	Confronting Compulsive Hoarding \| by Chris M. Kelly \| December 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After determining the dimensions of the problem, the next logical step is to work through the challenge of managing a property rented by such a tenant, so that both the tenant and his or her neighbors remain safe.
		Hoarded items are usually paper, such as newspapers, brochures, advertisements, junk mail, magazines and shopping lists.
		Landlords can be more efficient and judicious in handling the issue of cluttering and hoarding by understanding the motivation and causes of this behavior, as well as knowing the options available for both tenants and landlords in dealing with this condition.
	www.sfaa.org /magazine/archives/02/1202/1202.kelly.html (1753 words)

	ADC: Compulsive Hoarding
		Click here if you would like to receive information by mail or e-mail about compulsive hoarding, a list of hoarding treatment providers nationwide, information about upcoming research studies, and announcements for new self-help references for compulsive hoarding.
		Compulsive hoarding is thought by many to be a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
		Treatment for compulsive hoarding is still in the experimental stage.
	www.instituteofliving.org /adc/compulsive_hoarding.htm (388 words)

	USNews.com: Health: In Brief: Mental Health: Compulsive hoarding
		Compulsive hoarding—such as sharing your one-room apartment with the last 50 years' worth of the local newspaper—is considered a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
		Twelve of the OCD patients were compulsive hoarders.
		Caveats: This study was originally designed to compare obsessive compulsive disorder, major depressive disorder, and normal subjects, not to look at hoarding and nonhoarding.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/health/briefs/mentalhealth/hb040831a.htm (374 words)

	Paroxetine effective in treating patients with compulsive hoarding syndrome
		The study of 79 patients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - 32 of them with compulsive hoarding syndrome - suggests that further controlled trials of SRI medications for compulsive hoarding are now warranted.
		In previous, retrospective studies - looking at patients and data from past drug trials - compulsive hoarding had been associated with poor response to SRI medications commonly used to treat OCD patients.
		Please note that medical information found on this website is designed to support, not to replace the relationship between patient and physician/doctor.
	www.news-medical.net /?id=20750 (644 words)

	Gerontologic Environmental Modifications >> Hoarding
		Hoarding is a behavior characterized by 1) collecting items that either do not serve a purpose or are redundant 2) collecting but not discarding, 3) extreme emotional attachment to the items collected and an inability to part with them without significant anxiety and stress.
		In cases where a judge deems it appropriate, therefore, the guardian may be given the specific authority and court mandate to obtain key access to a ward's home, conduct a heavy duty cleaning and apply for and obtain homecare services.
		Since a hoarding problem might possibly pose a hazardous fire, safety, health or nuisance condition to the tenant in question or other tenants, it is very important that the Development Manager be contacted about such a problem.
	www.cornellaging.com /gem/hoa_faq.html (4724 words)

	Articles \| Behavior Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Hoarding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By Dr Michael A. Gallo, Psy.D. Hoarding is a less well-known form of OCD symptom but it can and will respond to behavior therapy (BT).
		It may be prudent to start with cognitive therapy to help a person recognize the necessity for ameliorating their OCD (i.e., acknowledging the distress and impairment that hoarding unnecessary items has wrought in their life.) Cognitive therapy can also help the person begin to rationally determine what they do and do not need to save.
		All that is required is for the therapist and patient to be flexible and creative in its application.
	www.drmichaelgallo.com /article3.html (374 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors and Disorders: Symptoms, Treatment, and Support
		Compulsions generally accompany obsessions as a result of the brain’s attempt to dismiss or neutralize the obsessions.
		A compulsion is a repetitive behavior – a ritual – that a person feels driven to do and cannot seem to stop doing.
		While OCD is an anxiety disorder, OCPD is a personality disorder in which seemingly compulsive behavior comes from the perfectionism and rigidity of the person with OCPD, not as a way to alleviate the anxiety caused by obsessions; a better name for the syndrome might be perfectionistic personality disorder.
	www.helpguide.org /mental/obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd.htm (3597 words)

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