![]() Our main concern is the current, very low acquaintance with Diogenes’ syndrome which brings the challenge to the current state of medicine, especially psychiatry. The aim of that article is to gather and summarize up-to-date knowledge about said disease. This paper describes the newest reports concerning epidemiology and the effectiveness of pharmacological treatment. The fact that there is still very little knowledge about the therapy nor the diagnosis of Diogenes’ syndrome makes it difficult to treat. In addition, this article contains criteria, presented by Shehryar Khan in The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal, that can help in diagnosing this affliction. What is more, their work covered majority of the most frequent indications along with its questionable etiopathogenesis. This article shows the history of said disease, starting from early mentions, then going through researches conducted by Duncan Macmillan and Patricia Shaw in 1966, up until later studies done by Clark and his colleagues - this team labeled said illness in 1975 as Diogenes’ syndrome. In most cases, it affects elderly and lonesome people. ![]() Its main symptoms are complete negligence of ones hygiene, domestic squalor, emotional and social detachment as well as pathological hoarding of unnecessary things (mostly rubbish). Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, UMK w Toruniu, Bydgoszcz, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska, UMK w Toruniuĭiogenes’ syndrome is a severe, life-threatening neurobehavioral disorder. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.Īdrianna Maliszewska, e-mail: 0000-0001-8517-9027 () which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Part B item 1223 ().ġ223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport e ISSN 2391-8306 7 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Maliszewska Adrianna, Banaszczyk Katarzyna, Owsiany Michał, Maliszewska Patrycja. ![]()
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