BU School of Social Work, Hoarding Treatment Program

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Mission

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Compulsive hoarding includes excessive clutter, difficulty discarding, and compulsive acquiring which are associated with considerable impairment and distress. The aims of this first major study of hoarding are to study background features, relationship to other disorders, possible etiological factors, and to test self-report measures of hoarding. The project also tests predictions from an existing model of hoarding using laboratory studies of discarding and acquiring tasks conducted at home and in typical acquisition settings. Participants include people with hoarding problems (n=120), with OCD (n=120), and without significant hoarding or other psychiatric symptoms (n=120). Structured interviews about hoarding, and pictorial, observer-rated and self-reported measures of clutter are completed in the office and in participants' homes. Findings are expected to provide a sound basis for refining treatment strategies to address hoarding problems.

Service

Temporary