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

肌萎缩侧索硬化症患者中有很大一部分会出现类似于行为变异型额颞叶痴呆患者的微妙人格和行为变化。冷漠症状是最常见的人格改变。本研究旨在探讨病前人格特质对冷漠的发展和表达的影响，以及对ALS患者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.