Image via WikipediaThanks to reality programming and cable television, to “Hoarders” on A&E and to “Hoarding: Buried Alive” on TLC, more people are probably aware of compulsive hoarding as a disorder than ever before. (And The New Old Age can probably take a bow, too.)
But watching other families’ horror stories can only take you so far. In April the International O.C.D. Foundation launched a new online hoarding resource to provide information and links to treatment professionals.
As the site itself notes, treatment for hoarding remains something of a shot in the dark. Medication and cognitive behavioral therapy, used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, appear considerably less successful for hoarding, and the specialized therapy that’s helped some younger hoarders isn’t as effective for older adults. It’s not even clear if compulsive hoarding is a variant of O.C.D. or something different.
Still, the new online center offers a good first step for families struggling to understand this sometimes baffling and often heartbreaking behavior.
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