The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)

Welcome to the IOCDF Hoarding Center

Hoarding has been a hidden disorder for many years. Before the early 1990’s, there was little research on hoarding. Since then, however, interest has increased dramatically among research scientists and clinicians. Recent media coverage of hoarding has also increased awareness and interest among sufferers, family members, and human service personnel who often deal with the problem. The IOCDF Hoarding Center is designed to provide the most up-to-date and accurate information about hoarding and its treatment. The Center has five goals:

Educate the general public about hoarding.
Facilitate education and training of human service personnel including mental health, social services, public health and housing as well as police and fire officials.
Support research into the causes of and effective treatments for hoarding.
Improve access to resources for those with hoarding disorder and their families, as well as clinicians and service personnel.
Advocate and lobby for public policy change as it affects people who hoard, their families and community members.

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Hoarding: How Much Stuff is Too Much?

"Hoarding: How Much Stuff is Too Much?" features IOCDF Scientific Advisory Board and Speakers Bureau member Dr. Gail Steketee.

Full "Hoarding: How Much Stuff is Too Much?" article.

Wall Street Journal: Shop 'Til You Stop: How to Treat Compulsive Spending

"The whole culture conspires against us in the holiday season," says April Lane Benson, a Manhattan psychologist who has treated compulsive shoppers for 15 years. Besides tempting sales, pressure to top last year's gifts and the urge to shop for oneself, she says, "the holidays bring up a lot of unfulfilled longing for some people—and that's one reason why they shop, as a salve for disappointment."

Read the full article here.

MHASF 14th Annual International Conference on Hoarding - Call for Presentations

For the past 13 years the Mental Health Association of San Francisco has held a conference on hoarding and cluttering.

Please click here to read more about the call for presenters. Consider submitting an abstract for a conference workshop to share the important work you’re doing. If you cannot commit to presenting this year, please consider attending the conference scheduled for April 26-27th, 2012.

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