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Adult Protective Services agencies in every state receive reports of possible neglect, self-neglect, abuse or exploitation of older people and other vulnerable adults.

From New York Times • May 9, 2022

Gina Moreno talks about breaking the cycle of self-neglect as a first-generation Latina on TikTok.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021

It follows, she notes, why "self-neglect is often a sign of depression."

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021

Once full of promise, she's now lost in low self-esteem and self-neglect.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2019

Gentlemen, habits good and bad cannot be put on and off like a dress-coat; they are lasting qualities, the growth of years, the result of constant practice and self-denial or self-neglect.

From Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Coppens, Charles