title: A neuropsychological assessment of phobias in patients with stiff person syndrome.
abstract: A neuropsychological assessment was performed in 10 patients with stiff person syndrome (SPS) to determine whether their anxiety and phobic symptoms precede stiffness and spasms or represent a reaction to disability. No neurocognitive dysfunction was noted. Patients perceived fears and anxiety as realistic and caused by SPS rather than due to an inherent phobic neurosis.
authors.affiliation: Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Neurological and Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Rezvan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ameli
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rakocevic
authors.forename: Marinos C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dalakas
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016750:Stiff-Person Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase