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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis : Understanding and Optimizing Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being, Paperback / softback Book

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis : Understanding and Optimizing Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being Paperback / softback

Edited by Francesco (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Catholic Uni Pagnini, Zachary (Professor, Professor, Departments of Neurology and Humanities, Penn State Hershey Simmons

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder with a progressive and fatal course, with no known medical therapies that can reverse the disease or halt its progression.

Palliative care is the mainstay of disease management, aimed at maximizing Quality Of Life (QOL) for the patient and caregiver.

Clinicians caring for patients with ALS need to understand complex psychological issues in the patient and caregiver, including depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and wish for hastened death (physician-assisted suicide).

They also need to confront the psychological implications of rapidly advancing genetic research, the impact of cognitive and behavioural dysfunction in a sizable minority of ALS patients, and caregiver burnout.

Healthcare providers can optimize care by better understanding not only these factors, but by learning how to facilitate their management with problem-solving, coping techniques, and with psychologically-based approaches such as mindfulness and other non-pharmacological approaches aimed at maximizing QOL.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Understanding and Optimizing Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being provides a detailed review and evaluation of ALS, presented in a comprehensive and integrated fashion.

The book achieves this through detailed and up-to-date information about the current state of knowledge in this field.

It also offers new insights regarding future directions for research.

This book will provide clinicians with a comprehensive description of the psychological aspects of ALS and their management, and incorporates chapters written by recognized scholars in their respective fields.

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