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  • The need to consider mood disorders, and especially chronic mania, in cases of Diogenes syndrome (squalor syndrome)

  • G. Fond, F. Jollant, M. Abbar
  • Journal:
    International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 23 / Issue 3 / April 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    14 September 2010, pp. 505-507

  • We report the case of a 69 year-old female patient who was hospitalized for Diogenes syndrome, defined by marked self-neglect, social withdrawal and excessive hoarding, leading to squalor. Somatic causes were eliminated. Her personal history showed an eight-year depressive episode followed by a 20-year hypomanic episode without remission, followed by a persistent manic episode associated with Diogenes syndrome for four years. The Diogenes syndrome was successfully treated with mood stabilizers. Mood disorders – in particular chronic mania (i.e. a manic episode lasting more than two years) – should be considered in cases of Diogenes syndrome and in current classifications.