Diogenes syndrome and hoarding in the elderly: case reports

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-34

  Rosenthal, Michal ^a   Stelian, Jan ^b   Wagner, Jacob ^c   Berkman, Pinhas ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Kupat Holim Meuhedet   (Israel)

^c Clalit Health Services   (Israel)

^d Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPULSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032610588     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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