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Severe Domestic Squalor
John Snowdon
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Description for Severe Domestic Squalor
hardcover. This is the first book to comprehensively consider reasons why some people live in squalor and how best to intervene. Num Pages: 223 pages, 50 b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBS; MJN; MMJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522. 223 pages, 50 b/w illus. This is the first book to comprehensively consider reasons why some people live in squalor and how best to intervene. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: MBS; MJN; MMJ. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight: 522.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107012721
SKU
V9781107012721
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-24
About John Snowdon
John Snowdon is Clinical Professor at the Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, and Old Age Psychiatrist for Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia. Graeme Halliday is Senior Specialist in Psychiatry, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia. Sube Banerjee is Professor of Mental Health and Ageing, Section of Mental Health and Ageing, Health Service and Population Research Department, The Institute ... Read more
Reviews for Severe Domestic Squalor
'The authors, supported by four other specialists who have contributed to four of the book's ten chapters, have done a great service to health professionals, environmental health workers, community services providers, emergency services and a host of other staff who encounter people living in domestic squalor from time to time, by publishing this concise and well written text.' International Psychogeriatrics ... Read more