Challenges and Advances in Treating Hoarding

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 451-455

  Tolin, David F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial; Clutter; Hoarding; Psychotherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79953276117     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20796     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. American Psychiatric Association. (2010). Hoarding disorder. Retrieved from.
2. Frost, R.O., & Gross, R. (1993). The hoarding of possessions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31, 367-382.
3. Frost, R.O., Kim, H.J., Morris, C., Bloss, C., Murray-Close, M., & Steketee, G. (1998). Hoarding, compulsive buying and reasons for saving. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36, 657-664.
4. Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., & Williams, L. (2000). Hoarding: A community health problem. Health and Social Care in the Community, 8, 229-234.
5. Frost, R.O., Tolin, D.F., & Maltby, N. (2010). Insight-related challenges in the treatment of hoarding. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 17, 404-413.
6. Frost, R.O., Tolin, D.F., Steketee, G., Fitch, K.E., & Selbo-Bruns, A. (2009). Excessive acquisition in hoarding. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 632-639.
7. Harris, J. (2010, July). Household hoarding and residential fires. Paper presented at the International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.
8. Iervolino, A.C., Perroud, N., Fullana, M.A., Guipponi, M., Cherkas, L., Collier, D.A., & Mataix-Cols, D. (2009). Prevalence and heritability of compulsive hoarding: A twin study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166, 1156-1161.
9. Kessler, R.C., & Frank, R.G. (1997). The impact of psychiatric disorders on work loss days. Psychological Medicine, 27, 861-873.
10. Lucini, G., Monk, I., & Szlatenyi, C. (2009). An analysis of fire incidents involving hoarding households. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.
11. Pertusa, A., Frost, R.O., Fullana, M.A., Samuels, J., Steketee, G., Tolin, D., & Mataix-Cols, D. (2010). Refining the diagnostic boundaries of compulsive hoarding: a critical review. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 371-386.
12. Phillips, K.A. (2009). Report of the DSM-V anxiety, obsessive-compulsive spectrum, posttraumatic, and dissociative disorders work group. Retrieved from
13. Rasmussen, J., Steketee, G., Frost, R.O., & Tolin, D.F. (2007, November). Prevalence and associated characteristics of squalor in an internet sample of compulsive hoarders. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia.
14. Samuels, J.F., Bienvenu, O.J., Grados, M.A., Cullen, B., Riddle, M.A., Liang, K.Y., & Nestadt, G. (2008). Prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior in a community-based sample. Behavior Research and Therapy, 46, 836-844.
15. San Francisco Task Force on Compulsive Hoarding. (2009). Beyond overwhelmed: The impact of compulsive hoarding and cluttering in San Francisco and recommendations to reduce negative impacts and improve care. San Francisco, CA: Author.
16. Steketee, G., Frost, R.O., & Kim, H.J. (2001). Hoarding by elderly people. Health & Social Work, 26, 176-184.
17. Tolin, D.F., Fitch, K.E., Frost, R.O., & Steketee, G. (2010). Family informants' perceptions of insight in compulsive hoarding. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 34, 69-81.
18. Tolin, D.F., Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., Gray, K.D., & Fitch, K.E. (2008). The economic and social burden of compulsive hoarding. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 160, 200-211.
19. Tolin, D.F., Meunier, S.A., Frost, R.O., & Steketee, G. (2010). Course of compulsive hoarding and its relationship to life events. Depression and Anxiety, 27, 829-838.