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

Francesco Pagnini (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA)

ISBN 10: 0198757727 / ISBN 13: 9780198757726

Published by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 2018

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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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Understanding and Optimizing Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198757727
• ISBN 13: 9780198757726
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 449 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Francesco Pagnini, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy; Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA,Zachary Simmons, Professor, Departments of Neurology and Humanities, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

Francesco Pagnini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy. He is also an Associate in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Zachary Simmons is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Humanities at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.