Author/Authors
Demirkol, Mehmet Emin Samandağ Devlet Hastanesi, Turkey , Tamam, Lut Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Title Of Article
Terminal lucidity phenomena
شماره ركورد
24254
Abstract
Unexpected symptom remission in psychiatric and neurologic disesases shortly before patients’ death have been known since last 250 years but not received enough attention. This phenomenon is called terminal lucidity. Terminal lucidity can be experienced at patients with diagnosis of dementia, schizophrenia, brain abscess, brain tumour, stroke and mood disorders. Explanatory models about reasons and neurobiology of this phenomenon will contribute to develop new treatment strategies about mentioned diseases and to live last moments times before death better
From Page
559
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Terminal lucidity , dementia , schizophrenia
JournalTitle
Cukurova Medical Journal
To Page
563
JournalTitle
Cukurova Medical Journal
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