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Diogenes' syndrome in patients with intellectual disability: ‘a rose by any other name’?
Author(s) -
Williams H.,
Clarke R.,
Fashola Y.,
Holt G.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1998.00132.x
Subject(s) - intellectual disability , hoarding (animal behavior) , neglect , psychiatry , psychology , social withdrawal , hoarding disorder , medicine , compulsive behavior , feeding behavior
Diogenes' syndrome is characterized by marked self‐neglect, domestic squalor, social withdrawal and hoarding of rubbish (syllogomania). The syndrome has been reported to occur in association with a wide variety of conditions, but the present authors were unable to find any previous reports of Diogenes' syndrome in patients with intellectual disability.