Wayne State University School of Medicine

Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences

Chairman's Grand Rounds

 Date: March 3, 2021

Time: 1-2pm

Venue: Zoom Conference

SPEAKER:

Hayley Getzen, MD, MPH

Resident

General Psychiatry Residency Program

Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Discussant: Dr. Fahd A. Syed

TOPIC:

"Sorting Through Senile Squalor"

Objectives: 

1.  Identify the clinical features of self-neglect and squalor in the geriatric population.

2.  Recognize psychiatric and medical comorbidities associated with squalor syndromes.

3.  Review literature relevant to the breakdown in personal and environmental hygiene standards.

4.  Differentiate squalor syndromes from other psychiatric illnesses, including hoarding disorder.

5.  Discuss the assessment and management of elderly individuals living in squalor.