Are you a family member or close friend of someone who hoards?

Tigersilly

I'm someone who has lived with a hoarder for many years and I thought others might find this useful - it's a study being run at the Institute of Psychiatry.

- They pay £10 for taking part
- For those who do live around the London area, they offer a free intervention to family members and close friends of people who hoard.

Here are the details:

Do you have a family member, close friend or partner who hoards?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to the above question and would be happy to talk to us about your experiences, we would like to hear from you. We are currently running a research project about the experience of family members of people who hoard and the strategies they use to cope.

What will happen to me if I take part?

You will be asked to fill in some questionnaires and complete a brief interview with the researcher about your experience of having a relative who hoards, including the specific challenges, emotional impact and how you cope with this. These can be completed online or through the post and will take up to 1 ½ hours to do.

All participants will receive £10 for time taken to complete the measures.

If you live in the London area we are also running a new group intervention for family members of people who hoard. This will begin on Saturday 8th February 2014, running for 6 weeks.

If you are interested in participating, or would like to find out more about the study, please Contact us through the website form or you can also contact Claire Thompson: claire.c.thompson@kcl.ac.uk or 0207 848 0733.

REC Reference Number: PNM/13/14-28

Swampmonster

There is a hoarding thread on the old style board which has got a big following, better maybe to post this there as well. X