Psychological Issues in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• Autor principal: Gianluca Castelnuovo (auth)
• Outros Autores: Francesco Pagnini (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Colecção: Frontiers Research Topics
• Assuntos: Psychology; clinical psychology; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; medical psychology; Quality of Life; Health Psychology; Chronic disorders
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal and progressive disease, characterized by progressive muscles weakness, with consequent loss of physical capacities. Patients become relentlessly immobile and, in the late stages of the disease, develop a "locked-in" state in which only residual mus...