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My friend is in his late 20s who has no college degree but holds a full time job. He never cleans his apartment, there is rotting food in the refrigerator, garbage all over the place and empty beer cans everywhere. There are flies in the apartment and it smells really bad. He hardly bathes and never brushes his teeth (I can tell because they're rotted and frequently break). Conversation is very difficult with him, as he either blows me off or changes the subject to something related to him or his interests. He also never washes his clothes, including his work clothes, and it surprises me that he still has a job the way he carries himself. Does he have aspergers?

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Hi Mark,

This is difficult to say. There may come a point where is he is breaching one of the health regulations, by which time he could be assess by a doctor.


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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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BA(Psych) Sydney University, Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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