Welcome to the City of Newton, Massachusetts

NEWTON HOARDING TASK FORCE

Books
Cleaning Resources
Legal Services
Mental Health Resources
Protective Services
Web Sites

CLEANING RESOURCES:

• Bostonian Cleaning and Restoration 800-453-7847
• Houseworks 1-617-928-1010
• Service Pro 1-617-332-9000
• Service Master 1-800-734-3315
• Intercity 1-781-321-6300
• Multicultural 1-617-566-5806

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MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES:

• Jewish Family & Children Services (781) 647-5327
  1430 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02451
  
• OCD Institute at McLean Hospital (617) 855-3279
  115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478
  
• Riverside Outpatient Center (617) 969-4925
  64 Eldredge Street, Newton, MA 02458
  
• Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (617) 353-9610
  Boston University, Boston, MA 
  
• University of Massachusetts Medical School, Erick Smith MD, MPH – (508) 334-7261 Worcester, MA 
  
• Psychological Services Center (413) 545-0041 Offers both group and individual treatment UMass, Amherst
  
• ServiceNet – (413) 585-1332 – Offers group treatment to assist individuals with issues around compulsive hoarding. Northampton, MA
  

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PROTECTIVE SERVICES:

• Springwell 1-617-926-4100

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LEGAL SERVICES:

• Greater Boston Legal Service – (617) 371-1234
  
• Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau – (781) 893-4793
  
• Boston Bar Referral (617) 742-0625
  

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WEB SITES:

www.clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00073346 -A clinical trial for compulsive hoarding, available for people who live within 30 minutes from Hartford or Boston

www.ocfoundation.org – The obsessive Compulsive Foundation

www.institeofliving.com – The Anxiety Disorder Center at the Institute of Living

www.adaa.org – Anxiety Disorders Association of America; Reference to find a therapist in your area

www.la4seniors.com/hoarding.htm - An exceptional user friendly Hoarding Fact Sheet website

www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding.html - HARC, Animal Hoarding: Intervention and Management

www.childrenofhoarders.com – Growing up in a cluttered home 

www.packratthemovie.com – Packrat is a documentary about hoarding, distributed by Fanlight Productions

www.clutterworkshop.com – Beth Johnson’s Clutter Workshop: online class, phone, coaching, etc.

www.napo-New England.com – New England Professional Organizers

www.nsgcd.org – National Study Group for Chronic Disorganization

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BOOKS

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving and Hoarding
Tolin, D.F., Frost, R.O., & Steketee, G. (2007)
New York: Oxford University Press.

Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Therapist Guide
Steketee, G. & Frost, R.O.
(2007) New York: Oxford University Press.

Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save and How You Can Stop
Neziroglu, F., Bubrick, J., Yaryura-Tobias, J.A.
(2004) New York: New Harbinger.