Title Severe domestic squalor / [edited by] John Snowdon, Clinical Professor in the Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, and Old Age Psychiatrist for Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia, Graeme Halliday, Senior Specialist in Psychiatry, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney Australia, Sube Banerjee, Professor of Mental Health and Ageing, Section of Mental Health and Ageing, Health Service and Population Research Department, the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 217 pages): illustrations (some color Contents 1. Defining squalor and hoarding -- 2. A review of the literature on squalor -- 3. Hoarding: its relevance to severe domestic squalor -- 4. Animal hoarding -- 5. Assessment of squalor and hoarding -- 6. Interventions in cases of squalor -- 7. Use of the law when intervening in cases of squalor -- 8. Guidelines for intervention -- 9. Ethics of intervention -- 10. There is much to be done -- Appendix -- Index Summary "Should you intervene in the life of the 48-year-old woman whose dwelling is stuffed with accumulated rubbish and who will not let anyone help get rid of it - or the 78-year-old surrounded by putrescent food and filth - or the 'animal accumulator'? Cases of severe domestic squalor (sometimes called Diogenes Syndrome) are among the most complex and difficult faced by community agencies. Local councils, housing officers, health professionals, social services, animal welfare agencies, public guardians and of course relatives and neighbours often feel powerless and lack confidence about what to do when faced with such situations. The guidelines, recommendations and case examples in Severe Domestic Squalor will help concerned people to understand what can be done and how, by providing an understanding of the causative factors and who should take the lead in dealing with them"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-196) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hoarding -- psychology. Hoarding. Activities of Daily Living. Environment. Hoarding -- complications. Housekeeping. Hygiene. Genre/Form Fulltext Internet Resources Plates Form Electronic book Author Banerjee, Sube. Halliday, Graeme. Snowdon, John. ISBN 1139572601 (electronic bk.) 9781139572606 (electronic bk.)

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