Psychological Issues in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• Yazar: Gianluca Castelnuovo (auth)
• Diğer Yazarlar: Francesco Pagnini (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Seri Bilgileri: Frontiers Research Topics
• Konular: Psychology; clinical psychology; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; medical psychology; Quality of Life; Health Psychology; Chronic disorders
• Online Erişim: 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...