Psychological morbidity in ALS: The importance of psychological assessment beyond depression alone

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-358

  Felgoise, Stephanie H ^a   Chakraborty, Beatrice H ^a   Bond, Elisabeth ^a   Rodriguez, Jamie ^a   Bremer, Barbara A ^b   Walsh, Susan M ^c   Lai, Eugene C ^d   McCluskey, Leo ^e   Simmons, Zachary ^f  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Anxiety; Depression; Hopelessness; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PHOBIA; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953735008     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482961003667630     Document Type: Article

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