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Eclectic Perspectives on the Psychology of Aphasia
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This article explores the psychological changes that occur in patients who have suffered a stroke with resulting aphasia and examines the adjustments necessary to help the patient cope. The eclectic approach described in this paper examines the psychology of aphasia from three perspectives: effects of brain injury, psychological defenses and coping styles, and responses to loss. Depression, anxiety attacks, ego restriction, crying, euphoria, denial, anger, and a host of other psychological reactions can accompany stroke, sometimes causing health care personnel to feel overwhelmed by these ...
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Cognitive treatments for aphasia: should we and can we help attention and working memory problems?
; ...of studies indicate that patients with aphasia frequently have concomitant...working memory and attention in patients with aphasia. First, evidence supporting...working memory impairments in patients with aphasia are described and evaluated...
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The sociology of aphasia. (Editorial).
; ...explosions in the head. Stroke and resulting aphasia have an increasingly recognized impact...more attention given to social models of aphasia, but much of the research effort appears...grail quest for an adequate theory of aphasia. Much needed, however, is theoretical...
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Dealing With Aphasia: Three Simple Rules
; ...the physician, and it turned out that he knew about aphasia very well. He just didn't think of mentioning it. My...at a local restaurant with some other people who have aphasia. We ate breakfast and talked about our experiences...each other and became friends. I suggested starting an aphasia support ...
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June Declared National Aphasia Awareness Month to Give Voice to the 'Silent' Disability
; ...the urgent need for more public awareness about aphasia Senate Resolution 566 (sponsored by Senator Tim...Edward Markey, D- Mass), declare June as National Aphasia Awareness Month. Aphasia is the sudden inability to communicate, speak...
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[beta]-blockers may have short-term benefit for aphasia.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)(Brief article)
; ...Gun, Japan. Of 6 patients with Broca's aphasia and 4 with Wernicke...propranolol. In all of the patients, the testing occurred...after the onset of aphasia. Propranolol did...postulate that the patients with aphasia were more anxious...
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Caring for those without words: a perspective on aphasia.(Reflections)(Medical condition overview)
; ...and to give good care to patients. However, emotional or psychological...My condition is aphasia. I have trouble communicating in words. Aphasia is not an objective condition...helpfully with people who have aphasia. This became clear to me...
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Home Rehabilitation Support System for Aphasia.(Brief Article)
; ...for remote treatment for aphasia. Around, 330,000 patients in Japan are estimated to suffer from aphasia, a form of brain damage...the country. Even if an aphasia patient could be taken to...situation is still harder for patients whose aphasia symptom is concurrent with...therapists ...
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The effect of home computer practice on naming in individuals with nonfluent aphasia and verbal apraxia.(Clinical report)
; ...individuals with aphasia. However, a downside...programs is that patients with aphasia may not be able...deficits related to aphasia or associated brain...or limb apraxia, patients may have trouble...individuals with nonfluent aphasia. Although previous...severely aphasic ...
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Aphasia: New Health Risk For Blacks
; Sun Reporter, The 06-12-2003 Aphasia -- which often hits persons who have...doctors say. Few people know about aphasia, a condition that causes a language...that more people in the U.S. have aphasia than multiple sclerosis, muscular...
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Aphasia Center Offers Lifeline To East Bay Stroke Survivors
; ...strokes, many of them end up with aphasia. Imagine if suddenly you were unable...you. That's what it's like to have aphasia. Never heard of it? Well, you're not alone. Most people don't know what aphasia is. There are more people in the United...
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