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Psychiatric disturbances during the course of multiple sclerosis (MS)
may derive from the particular emotional situation induced by a more o
r less manifest awareness of the disease, or be directly attributable
to the pathological process itself. In this latter case, the range of
clinical manifestations is somewhat characteristic, as there is often
a concomitant impairment of the superior nervous functions, particular
ly those relating to memory and attention. Interpretation of the role
played by affective disorders is particularly controversial, as it is
not possible to establish with precision (and the result would in any
case be a simplistic interpretation of the problem) a direct relations
hip between the sites of cerebral lesions and the psychiatric manifest
ations observed in MS.