@article{840951,
      recid = {840951},
      author = {Snowdon, John. and Halliday, Graeme. and Banerjee, Sube.},
      title = {Severe domestic squalor [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge :},
      pages = {x, 217 p.},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"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"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/840951},
}