Individual Differences in Coping with a Diagnosis of ALS: Psychosocial Adjustment and Implications for Psychological Treatment Planning

很大一部分肌萎缩侧索硬化症患者的性格和行为变化与行为变异额颞叶痴呆患者相似。冷漠症状是最常见的人格改变。本项目旨在探讨病态前人格特质对ALS患者冷漠发展和表达的影响，进而探讨其对ALS患者心理健康状况和心理干预反应的影响。

A high proportion of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis develop subtle personality and behavioural changes similar to those with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Apathetic symptoms are the most commonly observed personality change. This project aims to establish the contribution of premorbid personality traits on the development and expression of apathy, and in turn, it’s implications for ALS patients’ psychological wellbeing and response to psychological intervention.