Unravelling Apathy in Korsakoff Syndrome Patients Receiving Long-Term Care with and without Cerebrovascular Comorbidity.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that KS patients show increased levels of general apathy compared to healthy controls. Patients show a diminished competency to consent and increased emotional blunting, while motivation is not compromised. Cerebrovascular comorbidity in KS forms a high risk for emotional blunting. The results of this study suggest that apathy is a severe problem in KS. More attention in both the literature and clinical practice would benefit this complex patient population. PMID: 33196105 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - November 16, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Oey MJ, Brouwer VHEW, Buijs MJ, Wijnia JW, Postma A, Oudman E Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research