Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy
Impairment of intelligence in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients was described by Duchenne de Boulogne himself in 1868. Further studies report intelligence disorders with mayor impairment of memory. The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of affective and personality disorder...
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| author | Michele Roccella Lucia Parisi Teresa Di Filippo |
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| description | Impairment of intelligence in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients was described by Duchenne de Boulogne himself in 1868. Further studies report intelligence disorders with mayor impairment of memory. The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of affective and personality disorders in a group of children affected by DMD. Twenty six male DMD patients, mean age eleven and four months years old, were assessed for their affective and personality disorder. Only eight subjects had a total IQ below average with major difficulties in verbal and visual-spatial memory, comprehension, arithmetic and vocabulary. All the subjects presented some disorders: tendency to marginalization and isolation, self-depreciation, sense of insecurity, hypochondriac thoughts and marked state of anxiety. These disorders are often a dynamic prolongation of a psychological process which starts when the diagnosis is made and continues, in a slow and latent fashion, throughout the evolution of the disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8246eb49123e4265b37e2907fb47e2012024-10-03T05:46:51ZengHindawi - Emerald PublishingMental Illness2036-74572036-74652012-01-0141e5e510.4081/mi.2012.e5Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophyMichele RoccellaLucia ParisiTeresa Di FilippoImpairment of intelligence in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients was described by Duchenne de Boulogne himself in 1868. Further studies report intelligence disorders with mayor impairment of memory. The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of affective and personality disorders in a group of children affected by DMD. Twenty six male DMD patients, mean age eleven and four months years old, were assessed for their affective and personality disorder. Only eight subjects had a total IQ below average with major difficulties in verbal and visual-spatial memory, comprehension, arithmetic and vocabulary. All the subjects presented some disorders: tendency to marginalization and isolation, self-depreciation, sense of insecurity, hypochondriac thoughts and marked state of anxiety. These disorders are often a dynamic prolongation of a psychological process which starts when the diagnosis is made and continues, in a slow and latent fashion, throughout the evolution of the disease.http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/3631Duchenne muscular dystrophy, psychopathological assessment, affective development, psychology disorder |
| spellingShingle | Michele Roccella Lucia Parisi Teresa Di Filippo Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy Mental Illness Duchenne muscular dystrophy, psychopathological assessment, affective development, psychology disorder |
| title | Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy |
| title_full | Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy |
| title_fullStr | Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy |
| title_short | Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy |
| title_sort | psychological aspects in children affected by duchenne de boulogne muscular dystrophy |
| topic | Duchenne muscular dystrophy, psychopathological assessment, affective development, psychology disorder |
| url | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/3631 |
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