patient portraiture
An analysis of the famous collection of material "Awakenings - Time of Awakening", published around 20 years ago by Oliver Sacks does, Parkinson's patients come to the conclusion that there is still a lack of adequate psychological analysis of the clinical picture Parkinson's disease.
Only when a valid psychological explanation is found may psychotherapeutic strategies to improve living conditions of the patients are developed and used systematically.
The approximately 50 patients-portrait and personality profiles that Dr. Janice Walton-Hadlock in the Parkinson recovery project - www.pdrecovery.org - has presented, lead to the conclusion that some visible and psychologically recordable peculiarity can be identified, which is pronounced in all patients . In the following essay
a first attempt was made to outline a universal psychological profile of Parkinsoon patients. Enjoy reading them!
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