Fatigue In Multiple Sclerosis Background Clinic Diagnostic Therapy 1st Ed 2023 Iriskatharina Penner by Iris-katharina Penner, (ed.) 9783031134975, 3031134974 instant download after payment.

Fatigue in the context of multiple sclerosis is one of the most relevant neuropsychiatric symptoms of the disease and is considered one of the most distressing ones from the patient's perspective. Fatigue often occurs abruptly without any external reason in everyday life and thus complicates a normal daily functioning. Often, patients’ fatigue-associated behavior leads to stigmatization in the sense of "laziness attribution," "inability to work under pressure," or "simulating and exaggerating the symptoms." This lack of understanding in the social environment is increased by the fact that fatigue occurs independently of the degree of disability and thus also affects patients who do not appear to have any “obvious” disease symptoms. But especially the group of patients with a low degree of disability have been shown to feel fatigue forces them to reduce their workload or even to give up employment completely, consequently resulting in social isolation and depressive episodes.
This book is the first English edition following the recently published second German edition. It is dedicated to all those dealing with fatigue symptoms directly or indirectly in the context of multiple sclerosis. This includes various professional groups (e.g., doctors, psychologists, therapists, nurses a.o.) as well as the patients themselves and their relatives. The aim of the book is to present the latest scientific findings, from the basics to clinics and diagnostics to therapy, in order to increase our understanding of the whole spectrum of fatigue. To achieve this, renowned colleagues from the clinical and scientific communities have agreed to illuminate various aspects from their respective research and practice perspective. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to thank my esteemed colleagues for their support and enthusiasm in the endeavor to publish this English edition of the Fatigue book.