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Incentive motivation arthritis cramps in feet purchase voltaren 50 mg free shipping, a symptom of striatopal- or retirement reaction) or the primary means for dealing lidal damage arthritis in lower back after surgery voltaren 100 mg discount, is a process that translates an expected reward with anxiety (i arthritis knee brace buy voltaren without prescription. This can be operationalized by a should evaluate symptoms of personality disorder as well, behavioral paradigm that measures the effect of financial in- keeping in mind the dynamics of motivation. Novelty seeking in Alzheimer’s variables are particularly relevant in elderly patients because disease has been shown to discriminate between patients they often have multiple clinical problems. Dopa- novelty seeking as a neurobehavioral mechanism for apathy minergic agents-agonists or antagonists-are most familiar is strengthened by physiological observations: apathy in pa- as mediators of motivational change. But equally important tients with frontal lobe damage was associated with dimin- are serotonergic, cholinergic, and adrenergic agents because ished amplitude of P3 event-related potentials, which are of their interaction with dopamine systems. Frontal release signs and paratonic rigidity Assessment of (gegenhalten) are relevant for the same reason. For example, chorea, micrographia, loss of associ- ated movements, or loss of vertical eye movements suggests The assessment of patients with diminished motivation that diminished motivation may be due to Huntington’s dis- depends on knowledge of the etiology of diminished mo- ease, Parkinson’s disease, or progressive supranuclear tivation and the confluence of biological, psychosocial, palsy. Neuropsychological assessment clarifies the cogni- and socioenvironmental factors that control motivated be- tive subtypes of motivational loss, often in intricate and un- havior. For example, the results of executive cogni- abulia, and akinetic mutism (Marin 1996a; Stuss et al. When less severe, the diseases that cause akinetic patient reflects impairment in sequencing, whereas in an- mutism cause abulia and apathy. In addition, many psy- other patient it reflects loss of verbal fluency and initiation. Conditions associated with apathy, abulia, The rating process familiarizes one systematically with and akinetic mutism the clinical signs of motivation and its loss. For example, if a cli- Neurological disorders nician is unsure whether a patient with psychomotor re- Frontal lobe tardation is apathetic or depressed, it may be helpful for Frontotemporal dementia Anterior cerebral artery infarction the clinician to discover that ratings show high levels of Ruptured anterior communicating artery apathy and low levels of depression. This would suggest Tumor psychomotor retardation is better characterized as brady- Hydrocephalus kinesia and akinesia. If so, the next clinical step may be to Trauma perform a neurological examination and obtain a magnetic Right hemisphere resonance image of the head rather than to have the patient Right middle cerebral artery infarction start taking an antidepressant. Cerebral white matter Several rating methods are available for quantifying Ischemic white matter disease loss of motivation. The prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex, amygdala) Lille Apathy Rating Scale (Dujardin et al. Strauss and Sperry (2002) de- Chronic fatigue syndrome veloped the Dementia Apathy Interview and Rating to Testosterone deficiency evaluate changes in motivation, emotional responsive- Debilitating medical conditions (e. Neuroleptics, especially typical neuroleptics It was developed specifically to assess noncognitive symp- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors toms of dementia and devotes 1 of 10 item domains to ap- Marijuana dependence athy. Instruments (Reichman Institutionalism and Negron 2001) derived from the Schedule for the As- Environmental effects sessment of Negative Symptoms have also been presented to estimate negative symptoms in dementia by using infor- Motor vehicle accident Falls (particularly among elderly) mation from caregiver interviews. Observations of patient Sports-related injury participation by clinical staff also have been used to index Combat-related injury motivation (al Adawi et al. Akinetic mutism results from stroke, obstructive hydroceph- alus, trauma, tumor, degenerative disease, or toxins (carbon monoxide) affecting the anterior cingulate gyrus (bilaterally) or paramedian struc- Treatment tures of the diencephalon and midbrain (ascending reticular formation, median forebrain bundle, ventral pallidum). Diminished motivation can cause a range of impairment, from subtle to serious, in biopsychosocial functioning. Physical rehabilitation, functional capacity, socialization, Disorders of Diminished Motivation 301 Instructions: Rate each item based on an interview of the subject. The interview should begin with a description of the subject’s interests, activities, and daily routine. Therefore, all positively worded items must be recoded so that 1=4, 2=3, 3=2, and 4=1. Age, social environment, diagnosis, and other factors should be considered in evaluating results. Such treatments may include a logical interventions that are based on comprehensive as- variety of behavioral techniques (Giles and Manchester sessment.
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