Diogenes Syndrome among the Elderly in Iran (Letter to the Editor)

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RAHIMIAN MOHAMMAD

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Journal: Elderly Health Journal Year:2023 | Volume:9 | Issue:1 Page(s): 1-2

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Diogenes Syndrome among the Elderly in Iran (Letter to the Editor)

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Diogenes Syndrome (DS) is a rare but high-mortality acquired behavioral disorder that mostly affects the elderly but can occur at any age. It is often accelerated by stressful events (1). DS is characterized by extreme self-neglect, domestic squalor, and social withdrawal extreme disregard for the environment, health and hygiene, excessive/abnormal hoarding (silogomania), living in misery, social isolation/isolated life, refusal to help, and a marked lack of concern and shame about one's life situation (2). The word Diogenes refers to a Greek minimalist philosopher (4BC)-named Diogenes-who was one of the early cynic (the word cynic is derived from the Greek word for dog) who lived simply, naked and shamelessly in a barrel. He was begging for food, and used to light a lamp during the day and said while walking, "I am in search of humanity. " His ideals were "living according to nature", "self-sufficiency", "liberation from emotions", "no shame", "candor" and "contempt for social structures" (3). The first reports of elderly patients with self-neglect and lack of hygiene were published by Dupré,(4). This disorder is also known as self-neglect, senile squalor, or social withdrawal in the elderly. It is also called messy house syndrome and patients as messes in German literature (5)...

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RAHIMIAN, MOHAMMAD. (2023). Diogenes Syndrome among the Elderly in Iran (Letter to the Editor). ELDERLY HEALTH JOURNAL, 9(1), 1-2. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/1069968/en

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RAHIMIAN MOHAMMAD. Diogenes Syndrome among the Elderly in Iran (Letter to the Editor). ELDERLY HEALTH JOURNAL[Internet]. 2023;9(1):1-2. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/1069968/en

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MOHAMMAD RAHIMIAN, “Diogenes Syndrome among the Elderly in Iran (Letter to the Editor),” ELDERLY HEALTH JOURNAL, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1–2, 2023, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/1069968/en

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