On a peculiar environmental dependency syndrome in a case with frontal-temporal damage: Zelig-like syndrome

Neurocase

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Conchiglia, Giovannina ^a   Della Rocca, Gennaro ^a   Grossi, Dario ^b  

^a ALMA Mater Spa   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental dependency syndrome (EDS); Frontal behaviour disorder; Frontal disinhibition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEPENDENCY SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; ZELIG LIKE SYNDROME;

AGED; DELUSIONS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; ROLE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34247096941     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790601160558     Document Type: Article

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