Diogenes syndrome: When self-neglect is nearly life threatening

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 10-13

  Badr, Amel ^a   Hossain, Asghar ^a   Iqbal, Javed ^a   Lantz, Melinda S ^b  

^a Bergen Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b Jewish Home and Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY CARE; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGLECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARANOIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SCHIZOIDISM;

EID: 24344484647     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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