Of notoriety and brought out in some circumstances and it was a group of folks, advocates in our office, to deal with these challenges and we need a place to come and meet and talk about it and give each other peer support. That is really a testament to the amazing advocacy of people who have worked on this, who have directly experienced challenges with hoarding over the years. So we ran a support group for many years. We still run it on a weekly basis, dropin, peer support group. And then we kind of branched into had a conference. So we have had the biggest conference on hoarding for the last 15 years, in the united states, and quite possibly the world. We just had it back in may. One of our specialtis that we see yourselves doing is really bringing together advocates and people directly affected by hoarding and cluttering challenges and stakeholders such as researchers and clinicians and throughout the world, really acting as a hub of resources here in San Francisco. So i would say t
Hoarding and cluttering challenges and stakeholders such as researchers and clinicians and throughout the world, really acting as a hub of resources here in San Francisco. So i would say that as far as specific resources that are offered around hoarding and cluttering challenges San Francisco, we have, i think, through mha and our colleagues we have more to offer than other locations in the country. As an example, we have the conference that attracts around 400500 each year and a Weekly Support Group that anyone in San Francisco can come to, if they are identify as someone who has experienced challenges with hoarding and cluttering and i should back up, when they talk more about language and why that is so important, when we talk about Mental Health conditions. So well use the word hoarding and cluttering now, but there is quite a bit of thinking on our end and other National Leaders how to change that, because hoarding and cluttering is not the nicest term and loaded with stigma itsel
Clinicians and throughout the world, really acting as a hub of resources here in San Francisco. So i would say that as far as specific resources that are offered around hoarding and cluttering challenges San Francisco, we have, i think, through mha and our colleagues we have more to offer than other locations in the country. As an example, we have the conference that attracts around 400500 each year and a Weekly Support Group that anyone in San Francisco can come to, if they are identify as someone who has experienced challenges with hoarding and cluttering and i should back up, when they talk more about language and why that is so important, when we talk about Mental Health conditions. So well use the word hoarding and cluttering now, but there is quite a bit of thinking on our end and other National Leaders how to change that, because hoarding and cluttering is not the nicest term and loaded with stigma itself and we would like to look at a different way to phrase that and maybe its
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Odonnell. I feel like were doing sideline reporting of a major Football Game or something. Kelly, let me start with you because i know in the last hour there have been a lot of fluid motions going on behind the scenes, but break it down, the expected plays well see through this hour. Well, there are some critical nuggets to report, thomas. Ive been able to report in the last half hour that House Speaker john boehner has signalled to fellow republicans that he is prepared to rely on democratic votes if necessary to pass something. Now, that means the senate has to come to a deal, and we expect that could be announced within the hour. Right now Senate Republicans have been going into their own team meeting. I was able to talk to a number of them as they were headed into that meeting. They expect to sort of get the lay of the land and find out what the next steps will be. Im also told that at least going into that meeting there had not been a final decision made on a key sort of procedura