Diogenes syndrome is a behavioural disorder of the elderly. Symptoms include social isolation, domestic squalor, hoarding rubbish, self-neglect, and refusing external help. According to the literature, approximately half of the patients with this syndrome have a mental disorder.
Clinical forms of Diogenes syndrome. Three cases report
 
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   Diogenes syndrome
  
 
 
  
   Self-neglect
  
 
 
  
   Elderly
  
 
Diogenes syndrome is a <dis>behavioural disorder</dis> of the elderly.
Symptoms include social isolation, domestic squalor, hoarding rubbish, self-neglect, and refusing external help.
According to the literature, approximately half of the patients with this syndrome have a <dis>mental disorder</dis>.
We report 3 cases of Diogenes syndrome representing 3 different clinical forms: the primary type, associated with a <dis>personality disorder</dis>, the secondary type due to <dis>dementia</dis>, and the secondary type associated with different <dis>mental disorders</dis> (e.g., schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alcohol dependence).
Diogenes syndrome is a behavioural disorder of the elderly.
Symptoms include social isolation, domestic squalor, hoarding rubbish, self-neglect, and refusing external help.
According to the literature, approximately half of the patients with this syndrome have a mental disorder.
We report 3 cases of Diogenes syndrome representing 3 different clinical forms: the primary type, associated with a personality disorder, the secondary type due to dementia, and the secondary type associated with different mental disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alcohol dependence).
Diogenes syndrome is a <dis>behavioural disorder</dis> of the elderly. Symptoms include social isolation, domestic squalor, hoarding rubbish, self-neglect, and refusing external help. According to the literature, approximately half of the patients with this syndrome have a <dis>mental disorder</dis>.
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