Abstract
This is a call for action to protect and assist children of hoarding
parents. Action that minimises harm to children living in hoarded homes also
promotes family safety and health. Optimal care involves the whole family
system, both children and parents. Prevention of harm through early
identification and intervention for hoarding can reduce the burden of a
disorder that often increases in severity over a lifetime and deprives
humans of a full and safe life. Helping children and their parents severely
affected by hoarding disorder is for the public good. Public policy and
funded programmes can reduce long-term and immense costs to children,
families and the many systems hoarding affects. Specifically, public policy
can facilitate and fund outreach, education, coordination of providers of
health, social and public services, and research-driven methods for
assessment and intervention on behalf of children, individuals and families.
Releasing people from the grips of hoarding disorder can enable them to
devote generative resources to themselves, their families and their
communities. Ultimately, prevention of hoarding through early assessment and
intervention for minors and young adults is the most efficient, long-term
and cost-effective method for minimising harm. When unidentified, hoarding
disorder intensifies, people go into hiding, risk increases and opportunity
for detection and intervention decreases. Informing the public about
hoarding disorder must be followed with sufficient resources to address it,
otherwise, helplessness ensues, and people will likely remain in the hidden
world it governs.
THE BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY PERFLUOROCARBON TRACER TECHNOLOGY: A PROVEN AND COST EFFECTIVE METHOD TO VERIFY INTEGRITY AND MONITOR LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF WALLS, FLOORS, CAPS, AND COVER SYSTEMS.
