Spinal Cord Injuries (eBook)
252 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-4830-4 (ISBN)
Spinal Cord Injuries: Psychological, Social, and Vocational Adjustment focuses on the process of adjustment to spinal cord injuries, including rehabilitation, medical intervention, and examination of the daily life of persons with this kind of injury. The book first discusses the consequences of spinal cord injury and rehabilitation as a behavior change process, including physical symptoms of spinal cord injury; rehabilitation process and treatment systems; approach to the concept of adjustment; and suicide and self-neglect. The manuscript also deals with the psychological factors in the adjustment to spinal cord injury. Topics include emotional reactions at onset of spinal cord injury; personality characteristics of persons with spinal cord injury; and factors associated with adjustment to spinal cord injury. The publication takes a look at the social factors in the adjustment to spinal cord injury, as well as the social implications of disability, family relationships, recreation, aging, and task of socialization. The book also reviews the variables related with productivity following spinal cord injury and sexuality and spinal cord injury. The effect of the treatment environment on adjustment to spinal cord injury and therapeutics techniques are discussed. The manuscript is a dependable reference for readers interested in the psychological, social, and productivity implications of spinal cord injuries.
Front Cover 1
Spinal Cord Injuries: Psychological, Social and Vocational Adjustment 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Dedication 6
List of Figures and Tables 10
Preface 12
Acknowledgments 14
Part I: Spinal Cord Injury and the Rehabilitation Process 16
Chapter 1. The Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury 18
A STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 18
THE PHYSICAL SEQUELAE OF SPINAL CORD INJURY 19
THE REHABILITATION PROCESS 26
THE TREATMENT SYSTEMS 28
WHO RECEIVES A SPINAL INJURY 30
Chapter 2. Rehabilitation as a Behavior Change Process 35
SUICIDE AND SELF-NEGLECT 35
MODELS OF REHABILITATION SERVICE DELIVERY 38
A MULTIVARIATE APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF ADJUSTMENT 45
Part II: Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury: The State of the Art 48
Chapter 3. Psychological Factors in the Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury 50
FLAWS IN RESEARCH DESIGN 50
EMOTIONAL REACTIONS AT ONSET OF SPINAL CORD INJURY 53
PROCESSES OF ADJUSTMENT TO SPINAL CORD INJURY 58
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY 88
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADJUSTMENT TO SPINAL CORD INJURY 91
THE CORRELATION OF PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND DECUBITUS ULCER INCIDENCE 94
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND SPINAL CORD INJURY 96
SUMMARY 98
Chapter 4. Social Factors in the Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury 101
THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DISABILITY 102
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS 107
DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES 113
THE TASK OF SOCIALIZATION 120
RECREATION 123
AGING 124
SUMMARY 125
Chapter 5. Variables Associated with Productivity Following Spinal Cord Injury 127
DEFINITION OF PRODUCTIVITY 127
DATA ON EMPLOYMENT 128
VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH EMPLOYMENT 132
STRATEGIES OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 138
VOLUNTARISM 140
SUMMARY 140
Chapter 6. Sexuality and Spinal Cord Injury 142
SEXUAL FUNCTION AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY 144
THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY 155
SUMMARY 160
Chapter 7. The Effect of the Treatment Environment on Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury 162
EVIDENCE REGARDING TREATMENT ENVIRONMENTS 163
AN INTEGRATION OF SOME CONCEPTS 168
SUMMARY 170
Chapter 8. Therapeutic Techniques 171
COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES 172
BEHAVIOR THERAPY 176
SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING 181
MILIEU THERAPIES 184
CHEMOTHERAPY 185
ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY 186
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS 190
SUMMARY 191
Chaper 9. Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury: An Overview 193
Part III: Future Directions 202
Chapter 10. Research Issues and Methodologies 204
THE NEED FOR RESEARCH 204
THE FOCUS OF MEASUREMENT 208
METHODS OF MEASUREMENT 209
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN FUTURE RESEARCH 217
TWO APPROACHES TO OUTCOME MEASUREMENT 218
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH 220
Chapter 11. An Expanded View of Rehabilitation 223
A MULTISTAGE REHABILITATION PROGRAM 224
THE ROLE OF THE PSYCHOLOGIST IN TREATMENT OF SPINAL INJURY 227
Bibliography 230
Index 246
About the Author 249
Pergamon General Psychology Series 250
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.10.2013 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4831-4830-0 / 1483148300 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4831-4830-4 / 9781483148304 |
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