 |
|
Psychological Studies on the Effects of Chemosurgery of the Basal Ganglia in ParkinsonismII. Aspects of Personality
MANUEL RIKLAN, Ph.D.;
LEONARD DILLER, Ph.D.;
HERMAN WEINER, Ph.D.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1960;3(3):267-275.
|
|
| Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings. |
|
|
|
It is the purpose of this report to present findings on certain changes in personality structure in a series of Parkinsonian patients who underwent chemopallidectomy and chemothalamectomy1,2 for the relief of the tremor and rigidity associated with the disease. This study is specifically concerned with the immediate postoperative and long-range changes in certain quantifiable aspects of the structure of personality as measured by the Rorschach test, as well as preoperative and operative variables which might influence such changes. It represents the second in a series of studies on the psychological effects of basal ganglionic surgery in Parkinson's disease, a previous report having dealt with intellectual functioning.3
Early in the practice of the Rorschach method it became apparent that it might be useful as a diagnostic aid in the evaluation and analysis of brain lesions as well as a research too in this area.
. . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]
Author Affiliations
New York
From the Departments of Psychology and Neurosurgery, St. Barnabas Hospital for Chronic Diseases and the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 13, 1960.
This study was supported in part by the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Allen P. and Josephine Green Foundation.
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
|
