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Diogenes syndrome, also known as senile squalor syndrome, is a disorder characterized by extreme self-neglect, domestic squalor, social withdrawal, apathy, compulsive hoarding of garbage or animals, and a lack of shame. Affected people may also display symptoms of catatonia. [1] [2]
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.
Living in squalor is sometimes accompanied by dementia, alcoholism, schizophrenia, or personality disorders. [citation needed] Conversely, research has shown that 30–50% people suffering from self-neglect have shown no psychiatric disorders that would explain their behavior.
The couple certainly doesn’t seem to be living in squalor. They apparently own dozens of mobile home and RV parks across Washington and Oregon. KGW News 8 also found public records showing the ...
The councilman pulled out his camera to show me the “before” photos of people living in squalor, taking shelter under highway overpasses and fending off rodents.
The 22-year-old man was not allowed inside to bathe and was covered in feces, police said.
Grey Gardens is a 1975 American documentary film by Albert and David Maysles.The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive, upper-class women, a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who lived in poverty at Grey Gardens, a derelict mansion at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York.
—The establishment of "a multi-disciplinary task force to address children living in squalor." This should involve representatives from social services agencies, law enforcement, child advocacy ...