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Discover LudwigThe word "self-neglect" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where an individual fails to attend to their own basic needs, such as hygiene, nutrition, or health. Example: "The elderly man was showing signs of self-neglect, as he had not bathed or eaten properly in days." Alternatives include "self-care deficit" or "personal neglect."
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How do experts recognize self-neglect?
Most disturbing, I watched as she lapsed into self-neglect.
Self-acceptance would be tantamount to self-neglect.
"Poverty and dereliction, and self-neglect, and nobody ever visiting.
Gwen drew attention to herself through the severity of her self-neglect.
Eventually he dies of self-neglect, refusing offers of help, while jailed for vagrancy.
Skipping the requisite gadgetry (Bluetooth headsets and the like), most cultivated an aura of benign self-neglect.
We were so concerned by his self-neglect and incoherence that we asked his mental health worker to assess him, but she said he had full mental capacity.
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DRD2 TaqI A2A2 and B2B2 genotype was observed to be associated with improvement of self neglect symptom.
While among the negative symptoms, severe self neglect and uncooperativeness was significantly associated with H313H TC and TT genotype.
Over the years, fewer men were admitted, with significantly more self neglect, personality disorders and cocaine use.
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