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

很高比例的肌萎缩侧索硬化症患者会出现类似于行为变异型额颞部痴呆患者的微妙个性和行为变化。冷漠症状是最常见的人格变化。本项目旨在确定病前人格特征对冷漠的发展和表达的贡献，进而对ALS患者的心理健康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.