BURIED IN TREASURE: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving and Hoarding
5.8.2014
NEWINGTON HUMAN SERVICES PRESENTS:
BURIED IN TREASURE:
Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving and Hoarding by Dr. David Tolin, Ph.D *
A Community Presentation
Thursday, May 8, 2014
6:30 – 8:00 p.m., Newington Town Hall Auditorium
131 Cedar Street, Newington, CT 06111
~ Learn about and improve your understanding of saving, acquiring, collecting, and,
hoarding behaviors. ~
► WHAT IS COMPULSIVE HOARDING? HOW DOES IT START? IS THERE AN
UNDERLYING MEDICAL CAUSE? IS THERE A CURE?
► WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOARDING, ACQUIRING, COLLECTING, AND,
BEING A PACK RAT?
►WHY CAN’T SOME FOLKS JUST THROW STUFF AWAY? HOW MUCH STUFF IS TOO
MUCH STUFF? IS ACTUAL LIVING SPACE BECOMING UNINHABITABLE? HOW TO DECIDE
WHAT TO KEEP AND WHAT NOT TO KEEP? WHAT ROLE DOES SENTIMENTALITY PLAY?
►HOW AND WHY DO FOLKS/FAMILIES LIVE THIS WAY?
►WHAT’S THE BEST WAY FOR FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS OR PROFESSIONALS TO
HELP YOU ADDRESS YOUR LIVING SITUATION IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF?
►WHAT ARE ADDITIONAL COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM HOARDING?
►WHAT ROLE CAN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PLAY?
~ Light refreshments will be served after the presentation ~
*Dr. Tolin, Ph.D., is Founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living, and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine.
