"I Could Have Let Myself Die, They Saved Me": an Association Helps People with Diogene Syndrome

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Diogene syndrome causes people to accumulate objects in their homes compulsively. A disorder that usually goes hand in hand with neglect of hygiene and great social isolation. In the Somme, an association helps them, to enable them to gradually find a normal life. Demand is so strong that dozens of people are on the waiting list.