One often finds a belief in lack of personal means attached to this hoarding syndrome. This last point means that the person is not ashamed of his situation of insalubrity and will usually refuse any help. This webinar presentation will review the relationship between hoarding & Diogenes syndrome, the latter a term applied in 1975 for the situation of (mostly. The time span in which the syndrome develops is undefined, though it is most accurately distinguished as a reaction to stress that occurs late in life. It has been shown that the syndrome is caused as a reaction to stress that was experienced by the patient. Patients with this syndrome (also known as senile self-neglect or senile squalor syndrome) often come initially to departments of geriatric medicine. In addition, the syndrome is characterized by domestic squalor, syllogomania, social alienation, and refusal of help. People suffering from severe forms of compulsive accumulation can present extreme neglect of both personal and domestic hygiene as well as a denial of the situation in which they find themselves (the whole process is often called the ' Diogenes syndrome' in everyday language). Diogenes syndrome is a disorder that involves hoarding of rubbish and severe self-neglect. There is a controlling link between each object and the person. Separation from the objects causes extreme anxiety. The accumulators fail to separate themselves from their hoarded objects, which give them feelings of security. Accumulation is characterised by the following factors: the compulsive acquisition of objects that have no a priori value, the conservation of these objects and the lack of organisation that lead to a crowding of the person's living space. Compulsive accumulation, also known as syllogomania or collectionism, is recognized as a subtype of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Diogenes syndrome.