The hoarding handbook : a guide for human service professionals /

Hoarding is a serious, time-consuming, and expensive problem for virtually every community across the United States. First responders often encounter hoarding unexpectedly and are confused about how to resolve the wide range of problems, from public health and fire safety violations, to housing viol...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Bratiotis, Christiana
Other Authors: Schmalisch, Cristina Sorrentino, Steketee, Gail
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Hoarding and its effects
  • Special challenges : interpersonal aspects of working with hoarding
  • Working with service delivery systems : the hoarding task force model
  • Assessment of severity and risks to self and others / with contributions by Sarah L. Dowal
  • Hoarding and mental health services
  • Hoarding and housing / With contributions by Jesse Edsell-Vetter
  • Hoarding and public health and safety / with contributions by Paul Halfmann
  • Hoarding and protective services
  • Hoarding of animals / with contributions by Jesse Edsell-Vetter and Gary Patronek
  • Hoarding and the legal system
  • Medical aspects of hoarding
  • Role of professional organizers
  • Next steps in services for hoarding.