Diogenes’ Syndrome - Health and Gerontopsychiatric Communal Problems
Diogenův syndrom - sociálně zdravotnická a gerontopsychiatrická komunální problematika
V práci je prezentována charakteristika 14 občanů (4 mužů a 10 žen) ve věku 57-88 roků, obyvatel územního obvodu Praha 3, postižených chorobnou vášní sbírat staré nepotřebné věci z popelnic, a hromadit je ve svých bytech (tzv. Diogenův syndrom). Stížnosti sousedů na nedodržování hygieny, nesnesitelný zápach, extrémní zanedbávání zevnějšku a společenskou izolovanost vyžadovaly úřední sociální zásah a psychiatrickou intervenci. Všichni občané postižení zálibou života ve špíně a hromadění harampádí ve svých bytech museli být nedobrovolně transferováni do geriatrických či psychiatrických zařízení. Psychiatricky bylo možné klasifikovat u 8 žen psychotické formy demence, 2 muži byli alkoholiky, 2 anomální osobnosti, u jedné ženy a jednoho muže jsme diagnostikovali schizofrenii. Obraz Diogenova syndromu je podrobněji demonstrován v 5 kazuistikách.
Klíčová slova:
Diogenův syndrom - hygiena - sociální intervence
Authors:
M. Vojtěchovský 1; Z. Hošková 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Vinohradské psychocentrum, Praha 2Obvodní úřad Praha
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Prakt. Lék. 2001; (8): 441-443
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Overview
The authors present the characteristic of 14 subjects (4 men and 10 women) aged 57-88 years living in Prague 3 and suffering from a pathological passion of collecting old useless objects from dustbins and to cumulate them in their homes (so-called Diogenes’ syndrome). Complaints of neighbours about lack of hygiene, unbearable stench, extreme neglect of appearance and social isolation called for official social and psychiatric intervention. All citizens keen on living in dirt and cumulating junk had to be transferred forcibly to geriatric or psychiatric institutions. From the psychiatric aspect 8 women were classified as psychotic forms of dementia, 2 men as alcohol addicts, 2 as abnormal personalities, one woman and one man as schizophrenics
Key words:
Diogenes’ syndrome - hygiene - social intervention.
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