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The economic and social burden of compulsive hoardingDavid F Tolin
The Institute of Living Hartford Hospital, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Psychiatry Res 160:200-11. 2008..1-3.0% had a child or elder removed from the home. These results suggest that compulsive hoarding represents a profound public health burden in terms of occupational impairment, poor physical health, and social service involvement...
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for hoarding in the context of contamination fearsGail Steketee
School of Social Work, Boston University, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Clin Psychol 67:485-96. 2011..Treatment strategies are illustrated through a case example of a woman struggling with both hoarding and contamination concerns...
Effects of perceived criticism on anxiety and depression during behavioral treatment of anxiety disordersGail Steketee
Boston University, School of Social Work, 264 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:11-9. 2007..Findings suggest that treatment outcome may be improved by attention to patients' reactions to their interpersonal environment...
Compulsive hoarding: current status of the researchGail Steketee
School of Social Work, Boston University, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 23:905-27. 2003..Recommendations for further research on the psychopathology and treatment of hoarding are provided...
Family approaches to treatment for obsessive compulsive disorderGail Steketee
Boston University School of Social Work Boston, MA, United States
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 25:43-50. 2003..Likewise, efforts to reduce family accommodation in the context of behavioral treatment have proved useful. Additional research on the content, process and effects of family interventions for OCD is much needed...
Waitlist-controlled trial of cognitive behavior therapy for hoarding disorderGail Steketee
Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 1409, USA
Depress Anxiety 27:476-84. 2010..This study investigated a multicomponent cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) for hoarding based on a model proposed by Frost and colleagues and manualized in Steketee and Frost (2007)...
Predictors of treatment outcome in modular cognitive therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorderGail Steketee
Boston University Schoolof Social Work, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Depress Anxiety 28:333-41. 2011..The present study sought to identify predictors of outcome for a comprehensive cognitive therapy (CT) developed for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)...
Hoarding by elderly peopleH J Kim
School of Social Work, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Health Soc Work 26:176-84. 2001..Health and mental health implications of hoarding by elderly people and implications for treatment are discussed...
Predictors of course in obsessive-compulsive disorderG Steketee
School of Social Work, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Psychiatry Res 89:229-38. 1999..Findings are discussed with regard to sample characteristics and similarity to other reports on predictors of course and of treatment outcome...
Effects of axis I and II comorbidity on behavior therapy outcome for obsessive-compulsive disorder and agoraphobiaG Steketee
School of Social Work, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Compr Psychiatry 42:76-86. 2001..Follow-up analyses showed significant effects of MDD and GAD, but axis II cluster criteria were not predictive...
Influence of expressed emotion and perceived criticism on cognitive-behavioral therapy for social phobiaJason M Fogler
Department of Psychology and Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:235-49. 2007..Findings from this study suggest that close relationships impact the outcome of cognitive-behavioral interventions for social phobia...
Beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorderG Steketee
School of Social Work, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
J Anxiety Disord 12:525-37. 1998..Further research on OCD-relevant belief domains in etiology, maintenance and treatment is warranted...
Delivery of internet treatment for compulsive hoarding (D.I.T.C.H.)Jordana Muroff
Boston University, School of Social Work, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Behav Res Ther 48:79-85. 2010..Evaluating the benefits of internet self-help groups is critical given growing popularity of and demand for web-based interventions...
Group cognitive and behavioral treatment for compulsive hoarding: a preliminary trialJordana Muroff
School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Depress Anxiety 26:634-40. 2009..One small sample study of GCBT specifically for hoarding problems also showed benefit. This study examines the efficacy of a specialized GCBT for compulsive hoarding on a larger sample...
Age of onset of compulsive hoardingJessica R Grisham
Boston University, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:675-86. 2006..Perhaps for some individuals compulsive hoarding is a lifelong characterological phenomenon, whereas for others hoarding behavior develops later as a reaction to stress or loss...
Group and multifamily behavioral treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder: a pilot studyB Van Noppen
Butler Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Anxiety Disord 11:431-46. 1997..These promising cost effective group treatments remain to be tested in a controlled trial...
A novel CBT Web course for the substance abuse workforce: community counselors' perceptionsMary Jo Larson
New England Research Institutes, Inc, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
Subst Abus 30:26-39. 2009....
Categorization in compulsive hoardingJeffrey P Wincze
Boston University, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:63-72. 2007..Results support under-inclusive categorizing for people with compulsive hoarding, but the effect was largely confined to objects of personal relevance...
Perceived criticism predicts severity of anxiety symptoms after behavioral treatment in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic disorder with agoraphobiaKeith D Renshaw
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
J Clin Psychol 59:411-21. 2003..Thus, these results are consistent with (although not proof of) the hypothesis that PC detracts from patients' ability to respond to treatment, and inconsistent with the hypothesis that PC is a reflection of a patient's symptom severity...
Development and validation of an observational coding system for emotional overinvolvementSteffany J Fredman
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
J Fam Psychol 18:339-47. 2004..Results from a multitrait-multimethod matrix and a confirmatory factor analysis supported the measure's convergent validity but were equivocal with respect to its discriminant validity...
Measurement of compulsive hoarding: saving inventory-revisedRandy O Frost
Department of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
Behav Res Ther 42:1163-82. 2004..The SI-R appears to be an appropriate instrument for assessing symptoms of compulsive hoarding in clinical and non-clinical samples...
Family burden of compulsive hoarding: results of an internet surveyDavid F Tolin
Anxiety Disorders Center, The Institute of Living, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Behav Res Ther 46:334-44. 2008..These results suggest that compulsive hoarding adversely impacts not only the hoarding individual, but also those living with them...
Neuropsychological impairment associated with compulsive hoardingJessica R Grisham
University of New South Wales, Australia
Behav Res Ther 45:1471-83. 2007..There were no group differences on a test of emotion-based decision-making. Results are discussed in terms of previous findings and theoretical models of compulsive hoarding...
The relationship of relatives' attributions to their expressed emotion and to patients' improvement in treatment for anxiety disordersKeith D Renshaw
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Behav Ther 37:159-69. 2006..Finally, patients with relatives who made attributions to the patient's disorder received less benefit from behavior therapy than did those whose relatives made no such attributions, even when EE variables were controlled...
Not just right experiences and obsessive-compulsive features: experimental and self-monitoring perspectivesMeredith E Coles
Department of Psychology, Binghamton University SUNY, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902 6000, USA
Behav Res Ther 43:153-67. 2005..Further consideration of NJREs will be useful in improving our understanding of the phenomenology, neurobiological substrates, and treatment, of OCD...
Relationships among compulsive hoarding, trauma, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderTamara L Hartl
Health Services Research and Development 152 MPD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Behav Res Ther 43:269-76. 2005....
An open trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy for compulsive hoardingDavid F Tolin
Anxiety Disorders Center, The Institute of Living Hartford Hospital, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:1461-70. 2007....
Challenges in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: introductionSabine Wilhelm
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Building 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
J Clin Psychol 60:1127-32. 2004..The final article describes pharmacotherapy for OCD. All articles feature case vignettes and provide practitioners with clinical recommendations...
Actual and perceived memory deficits in individuals with compulsive hoardingTamara L Hartl
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Depress Anxiety 20:59-69. 2004..Results provide initial evidence of learning and memory impairment and poor memory confidence in subjects with compulsive hoarding...
Involving family members in the treatment of OCDKeith D Renshaw
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Cogn Behav Ther 34:164-75. 2005..Based on current theory and research, suggestions for future research and general recommendations for involving family members in treatment are made...
Hoarding behaviors in a large college sampleMeredith E Coles
Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple University, Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 6085, USA
Behav Res Ther 41:179-94. 2003..Results are interpreted and lines of future research are proposed, with particular emphasis on further elucidating the relationship between hoarding behaviors and anxiety sensitivity...
Research Grants
- Treatment of Compulsive HoardingGail Steketee; Fiscal Year: 2005..Predictors of outcome will be examined. ..
- Psychopathology of Compulsive HoardingGail Steketee; Fiscal Year: 2007....
