List of resources for those who compulsively collect

  • Jack Samuels, Ph.D, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, is at the forefront of the U.S. scientific community’s efforts to understand the causes of hoarding and to devise an affordable treatment. The piles of paper on a table in his office are part of a current grant proposal he is preparing.
Jack Samuels, Ph.D, associate professor in the Department… (Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun )
June 09, 2011

Here's one piece of paper that those who hoard should be encouraged to hang onto — a list of resources for those who compulsively collect.

•For a comprehensive overview of the history, symptoms and diagnosis of hoarding, check out the International OCD Foundation's hoarding page at http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding.

•For a hands-on self-help guide, many therapists recommend the book "Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding," by David Tolin, Randy Frost and Gail Steketee.

•An online discussion forum offering support for those who care for people with a hoarding disorder can be found at http://www.childrenofhoarders.com.

•A four-session support group for family members coping with a relative who hoards will be held in September and October in Rockville. $60. For information, call Beth Shapiro of the Jewish Social Services Agency at 301-816-2665.

•To read the studies conducted by Dr. Jack Samuels on the biology of hoarding, visit his page at http://www.experts.scival.com/jhu/expertPubs.asp?n=Jack+Samuels&u_id=1965. He was the primary author on hoarding studies conducted in 2007 and 2008.

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