compulsive hoarding and creativity

Training/Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s degree and training

Median Salary: $55,000 per year

Job Prospects: Good

Job Description

Interview with Randy Frost, Part I Compulsive Hoarding Disorder ...
Sep 18, 2009 . He is one of the leading authorities on compulsive hoarding disorder. . the unusual details of things, and I think this is a mark of creativity.
http://www.icarevillage.com/common-concerns-hoarding-articles-Randy-Frost-Part1.aspx

Review-a-Day - Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of ...
Aug 17, 2010 . On the entire spectrum of vice, compulsive hoarding registers toward . the authors observe, adding, "Maybe hoarding is creativity run amok." .
http://www.powells.com/review/2010_08_17.html

Book Review - Stuff - Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of ...
Apr 23, 2010 . A study of hoarding: What drives people to compulsively collect? . form of creativity and an appreciation for the aesthetics of everyday things.” .
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/books/review/Kramer-t.html

File:Compulsive hoarding Apartment.jpg - Wikipedia, the free ...
English: Compulsive hoarding Apartment . This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Compulsive_hoarding_Apartment.jpg

Author Speaks: When Possessions, Stuff, Compulsive Hoarding ...
May 20, 2010 . The Hoarders Among Us. Read · Excerpt From 'Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things.' Read · Declutter Your Life. Read . Celebrate your love of creative expression with discussion on all art forms. Discuss .
http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/info-05-2010/author_speaks_posessions.html

Compulsive Hoarding: Looking Beneath the Clutter
Describe symptoms of compulsive hoarding from a . conceptualization of hoarding from a cognitive- . principles when working with hoarders . C - Creative .
http://www.adaa.org/sites/default/files/199_Bell.pdf

Training/Educational Requirements

Three Cs - Compulsive Hoarding | OCD | Depression & anxiety ...
Compulsive hoarding literature and books on decluttering both use the word ' clutter' to describe the very mildest . Others thrive in the midst of a 'creative mess' .
http://www.compulsive-hoarding.org/Three-Cs.html

Brooklyn Book Talk: Hoarding and Creativity revisited
Oct 24, 2011 . A common characteristic of hoarders in Stuff is their creativity. Alvin . Labels: hoarding, Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things .
http://brooklynbooktalk.blogspot.com/2011/10/hoarding-and-creativity-revisited.html

Compulsive Hoarding
Compulsive hoarding is a common and potentially disabling problem, characterized by the accumulation of excessive clutter, to the point that parts of one's .
http://www.compulsivehoarding.org/

Hoarding of Clutter Bugs - The Hoarder
It is a form of obsessive compulsive disorder or known as OCD. Compulsive hoarding Apartment. Source: Grap, GNU, Creative Commons via Wikimedia .
http://jerileewei.hubpages.com/hub/Clutter-Bugs

Moveable Type
Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau: Chaos, Compulsion and Creativity . Compulsive hoarding is a relatively new category, into which research has only recently been .
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/graduate/issue/5/html/Clare_ODowd.htm

Amazon.com: Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of ...
Amazon.com: Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things . of objects may indicate a special form of creativity and appreciation for the aesthetics of .
http://www.amazon.com/Stuff-Compulsive-Hoarding-Meaning-Things/dp/015101423X

How to Get Hired

Compulsive Hoarding | Dr. Suzanne Chabaud
Compulsive Hoarding | . Compulsive Hoarding is defined as: . Hoarders generally are articulate, creative, intelligent and are largely successful at hiding their .
http://drchabaud.com/?page_id=30

Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome
Compulsive hoarding is much more complex than just being disorganized. . We cannot label every messy person as compulsive hoarder, because creating .
http://www.squidoo.com/compulsive-hoarding-syndrome

Job Prospects, Employment Outlook, and Career Development

"Hoarding Disorder (Compulsive Hoarding): A Comprehensive ...
Nov 29, 2011 . Research on compulsive hoarding has grown exponentially in the . This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
http://ir.stthomas.edu/caps_gradpsych_docproj/1/

Working Environment

Anxiety Disorders Center: Compulsive Hoarding ... - Hartford Hospital
Compulsive hoarding is a problem of excessive clutter in one's home, usually associated with difficulty discarding items and/or acquiring (either purchased or .
http://www.harthosp.org/InstituteOfLiving/Research/AnxietyDisordersCenter/CompulsiveHoarding/default.aspx

BARNES & NOBLE | Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of ...
What compulsions drive a woman like Irene, whose hoarding cost her her marriage? . form of creativity and appreciation for the aesthetics of everyday things.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stuff-randy-frost/1102935270

Salary and Benefits

About Hoarding - Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
International OCD Foundation Faces of The Hoarding Center. Home · Hoarding Home . In fact, many are very creative with their hands. Unfortunately, having .
http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/about.aspx

Hoarding
Like other compulsive behaviors, hoarding is an effort to manage the anxiety . In many cases the tools and materials for creative projects stack up, while the .
http://www.anxietyandstress.com/hoarding.html