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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Hoarder Buried Himself in Atari Games and Bobble Heads

Lee Shuer's hoarding began a decade ago as he began collecting Atari video games then progressed to vintage art work and musical instruments.

But soon, his apartment was overflowing with bobble heads, collectibles and anything he could get "free or a good deal."

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Does Your Aging Parent Have The Disease of Clutter?

A 50-year-old businesswoman from southern California recently walked into her 83-year-old father's apartment and nearly passed out from what greeted her. "I thought I had mistakenly entered an unlocked a storage area," she said. "There were stacks and stacks of papers, magazines, books -- literally from the floor to the ceiling."

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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.

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