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home shopping networks

homework for hoarder

hope for hoarders

hunt-and-gather rush

ignoring the rules

individual’s physical and mental health vs. stuff

information hoarders

in = out

Institute for Challenging

Disorganization

interventions

introducing team to hoarder

involved, getting

Jackson’s (and Mike’s) case

Janelle’s case

Jim’s case

Johns Hopkins University

junk removers and professional cleaners

Kansas City Center for Anxiety Treatment

Katrina’s case

“keep” piles

Kurt’s case

Lakeside Center for Behavioral Change in Fargo, North Dakota

lashing out by hoarders

late-stage hoarders

See also Stages 4 through 5 (Clutter Cleaner Scale)

layers of trash

legacy cleanup

legacy of hoarding

limits. See boundaries

Li’s case

living goals of cleanup

living with a hoarder

logistics of cleanup

Lucy’s case

Marcie’s case

Margaret’s case

Mario’s case

“maybe” piles

mechanics

medications for hoarders

memory keepers

mental disorders and hoarding

messiness vs. hoarding

Michelle’s case

Moore, Elizabeth

morning meetings, cleanup

neighbors

planning the cleanup

team, recruiting the

network for staying clean

Nika’s (and Andre’s) case

“no quitting” rule

notes for positive reinforcement

numbers of hoarders

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and hoarding

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Clinic at University of California

OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and hoarding

“old habits die hard,”

online information

organizers, professional

“outside” friends

outside hoarding

overfocusing and ADHD

panic disorder

past, fixated on

patience, importance in cleanup

Pat’s case

people affected by hoarding

personality and hoarding

personal space

pest control

phobias

planning the cleanup

acceptance, importance of

accomplishing the cleanup

assessing the cleanup

authorities

building inspectors

burden, sharing the

children of hoarders and

control, importance to hoarders

conversation, starting the

deadlines

elderly housebound people and

expectations and

future focus for

goals and

health goals

living goals

living with a hoarder and

neighbors of hoarders and

patience, importance of

people affected by hoarding and

professional cleaners and junk removers

questions to answer before cleanup

readiness of hoarder for

rewards, sharing the

role of hoarders in

sharing burden and rewards

social workers

spouses of hoarders and

starting the conversation

talking to hoarders

timelines

wellness goals

written plan for

See also cases of hoarding; cleanup; hoarders; team, recruiting the

players. See team, recruiting the

police

pornography

portable storage

positive reinforcement cleanup and

staying clean and

post-traumatic stress disorder

process of cleanup

professional cleaners and junk removers

professional organizers

psychiatric issues

pushing for control by hoarders

questions to answer before cleanup

quitting, stopping

“rattlesnake” hoarders

reactions from hoarders

anxiety (expressing)

control (pushing for)

defensiveness

denial

freaking out

grief

lashing out

pushing for control

“rattlesnake” hoarders

retreating into denial

stonewalling

See also cleanup

readiness of hoarder for cleanup

reality, avoiding

recognizing self-worth

“recovery,”

recruiting the team. See team, recruiting the

refrigerators

Reinardy, Renae

relationships (strained)

reminders

replacement behavior

resources for hoarding

responsibility, accepting

“retail therapy,”

retreating into denial by hoarders

rewards of cleanup, sharing the

Rick’s case

Roger’s (and Kathy’s) case

Rose’s case

Roxanne’s case

rules, ignoring the

Salvation Army

Sam’s and Wendy’s case

San Simeon museum

scheduling, cleanup

schizophrenia and hoarding

scrap metal

secret cleanups

self-image of hoarders

“sell” piles

setbacks

setting boundaries

Sex and the City (TV show)

shared space rule

sharing burden and rewards, cleanup

shopping hoarders

“skinny” clothes

social phobias and hoarding