Emotional Improvement Despite General Clinical Deterioration During Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Stiff Person Syndrome: A Longitudinal Case Report
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We report a woman with anti-GAD-positive Stiff Person Syndrome undergoing two multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation admissions. A Transactional Analysis-informed neuropsychotherapeutic intervention supported emotional adaptation and goal transition from recovery to adaptation. Despite cognitive decline, severe disability, and limited motor improvement, depression, anxiety, and caregiver burden improved, highlighting emotional rehabilitation as meaningful.
Source: Clinical Case Reports
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.73748
Institutions: Istituto S.Anna Crotone, National Research Council
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,820
OpenAlex ID: W7223658800