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 increase 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 four 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...." More
This blog was created to keep you up-to-date on animal hoarding and large scale animal news and cruelty.
Because hoarding and OCD disorders often overlap, we will also list news and information related to these topics, and how these illness's affect the hoarder, their family and friends, but most of all the animals, that suffer... "alone in a crowded room".
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Please note: All our sites are for educational purposes only. We have no official capacity to intervene, the only possible assistance we can offer is to guide you to resources you may not be aware of.
By: Randy Frost, PhD / Gail Steketee, Phd
