Managing hoarding and squalor

Hoarding and squalor are complex conditions with a range of physical and mental comorbidities GPs play a key role in identifying people who experience these conditions, screening for safety risks, referral to specialist services and encouraging people to accept treatment and ongoing monitoring. Trea...

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Autores principales: Gleason, Andrew, Perkes, Danielle, Wand, Anne PF
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: NPS MedicineWise 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8236875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34211245
http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2021.020
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description Hoarding and squalor are complex conditions with a range of physical and mental comorbidities GPs play a key role in identifying people who experience these conditions, screening for safety risks, referral to specialist services and encouraging people to accept treatment and ongoing monitoring. Treatment for contributing and comorbid conditions should be optimised, with the help of specialist services when required. Medicines should be reviewed and adherence confirmed For moderate to severe hoarding and squalor, referral to specialist psychiatry, geriatrics and allied health services is recommended for thorough assessment, treatment of underlying conditions and ongoing management
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spelling pubmed-82368752021-06-30 Managing hoarding and squalor Gleason, Andrew Perkes, Danielle Wand, Anne PF Aust Prescr Article Hoarding and squalor are complex conditions with a range of physical and mental comorbidities GPs play a key role in identifying people who experience these conditions, screening for safety risks, referral to specialist services and encouraging people to accept treatment and ongoing monitoring. Treatment for contributing and comorbid conditions should be optimised, with the help of specialist services when required. Medicines should be reviewed and adherence confirmed For moderate to severe hoarding and squalor, referral to specialist psychiatry, geriatrics and allied health services is recommended for thorough assessment, treatment of underlying conditions and ongoing management NPS MedicineWise 2021-06-01 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8236875/ /pubmed/34211245 http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2021.020 Text en (c) NPS MedicineWise https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 License.
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