David F. Tolin, Ph.D.
Dr. Tolin is the founder and Director of the Anxiety
Disorders Center at The Institute of Living.

The author of over 70 scientific journal articles, Dr. Tolin's
research and clinical interests include the nature and
treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive- compulsive
disorder and related conditions such as hoarding.
His Website


New England Hoarding Consortium
Spring 2006 Newsletter
Spring 2007 Newsletter

His Book:
Buried in Treasures:  
Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding
By David F. Tolin, Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee

Click here to listen to Dr. Tolin's interview about compulsive hoarding
with Psychjourney Podcasts.

Click here to view Dr. Tolin's discussion about compulsive hoarding on
ABC News Medical Mysteries.

Click here here to view Dr. Tolin's first discussion about compulsive
hoarding on Good Morning America and click here to view his second
segment on GMA.

The first installment of Dr. Tolin's discussions about compulsive
hoarding on The Oprah Winfrey Show.  

Dr. Tolin's Resource Guide for Compulsive Hoarding
Dr. Tolin is a co-investigator with Drs. Frost and Steketee on two federally funded
research projects investigating compulsive hoarding; he is also the principal
investigator on a study using neuro-imaging to study hoarding. Dr. Tolin has been
a recurrent guest, discussing compulsive hoarding, on Good Morning America and
The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Characterized by
difficulty parting
with objects as
well as clutter to
the point of
functional
impairment,
hoarding is often
associated with
attention deficit
hyperactivity
disorder,
generalized
anxiety disorder,
major depressive
disorder and
obsessive
compulsive
personality
disorder, Tolin said.


But because many
hoarders show
few other signs of
OCD, Tolin and
some other
researchers believe
hoarding may
soon become a
disorder in its
own right.