Psychological Issues in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• Päätekijä: Gianluca Castelnuovo (auth)
• Muut tekijät: Francesco Pagnini (auth)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Sarja: Frontiers Research Topics
• Aiheet: Psychology; clinical psychology; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; medical psychology; Quality of Life; Health Psychology; Chronic disorders
• Linkit: 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...