Depressive disorders and emotionalism following stroke
Peter Allman
Bok Engelsk 1991
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| Opplysninger | Over the last decade there has been a rapid expansion in the amount of research concerned with emotional changes following stroke. This work is justifiable on the grounds that stroke is a major cause of handicap and is commonly accompanied by psychological distress. In addition, knowledge of the emotionalchanges following brain damage may shed further light on emotional phenomena inpeople without overt cerebral pathology. Furthermore, effective treatments may be developed which not only help the individual and his familybut might also have important service economic implications (Primeau, 1988). Most resaerch has focused on depressive disorders and emphasis has been placed on the biological dimension, particularly the association with lesion location. Less work has been doneon psychological adjustment, anxiety disorders, emotionalism (emotional lability or pathological crying), or teh interpersonal concequences of stroke. In addition, much of teh work on depressive disorders has produced widely varying or conflicting results. This is partly because of major conceptual and methodological problems (Primeau, 1988; Galin, 1988).The article begins with an outline of methodological issues. The n recent research on depressive disorders following stroke is selectively reviewed. Following this another common emotional change, namely emotionalism, is described. The reader requiering further information is referred to reviews by House (1987), Primeau(1988) and Starkstein and Robinson (1989).
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