“Diogenes Syndrome” Revisited
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Diogenes syndrome refers to a condition with distinct self hoarding behaviours, severe self-neglect, filthy personal appearance and surroundings and social isolation. A broad range of co-morbidities exist, from Parkinson’s disease and frontal lobe dementia to learning disability, schizophrenia, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder amongst others. Recognition of the condition is important as it helps to individualize treatment plans to includes pharmacotherapy, cognitive and behavioural strategies within a safe environment were appropriate (German J Psychiatry 2009; 12: 3844).
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