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Diogenes syndrome is a disorder that involves hoarding of rubbish and severe self-neglect. In addition, the syndrome is characterized by domestic squalor, syllogomania, social alienation, and refusal of help. It has been shown that the syndrome is caused as a reaction to stress that was experienced by the patient. The time span in which the ...
Homer Lusk Collyer (November 6, 1881 – March 21, 1947) and Langley Wakeman Collyer (October 3, 1885 – c. March 9, 1947), known as the Collyer brothers, [1] were two American brothers who became infamous for their bizarre natures and compulsive hoarding.
Squalor refers to filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty. Squalor may also refer to: Squalor, a limited series by Stefan Petrucha and Tom Sutton; Student squalor, various situations of student housing; Senile Squalor Syndrome (Diogenes syndrome) characterised by extreme self neglect and hoarding.
WORCESTER — The Worcester Housing Authority is striking back at a workers’ union after scathing allegations against the agency were made public.. Worcester Housing Authority CEO Alex Corrales ...
A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse pleaded no contest to 15 criminal ...
Squalor can be seen in the streets, wash clothes hanging between buildings. Inside of a slum house, from Jacob Riis photo collection of New York City (ca 1890). Part of Charles Booth's poverty map showing the Old Nichol, a slum in the East End of London. Published 1889 in Life and Labour of the People in London. The red areas are "middle class ...
Domestic violence hotlines receive more than 20,000 calls in a typical day. Anne White released a statement in which she said the behavior was "out of character" for her husband. "Dana and I have ...
In the earlier version of "Rumpelstiltskin," The Miller's Daughter has a perplexing, but empowering problem, she can only spin straw into gold, and is unable to complete her needed domestic duties. In the now popular 1812 version of "Rumpelstiltskin," The Miller's daughter is forced to spin straw into gold by a greedy king, but continually ...