Coping effectively with spinal cord inuries : a group program : workbook /

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Author / Creator:Kennedy, Paul, 1959-
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Treatments that work
Treatments that work.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11194920
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ISBN:9780199713028
0199713022
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Summary:For individuals who have suffered a spinal cord injury, it is a struggle to know how to assess and cope with such a life-changing event. The coping strategies that a person employs can have an enormous impact on their mental well-being and long-term health. Approach focused coping, in which the individual accepts and seeks to understand their condition, results in a sense of mastery, self-efficacy, and post traumatic growth. Conversely, avoidance focused coping can lead to anxiety, depression, self neglect, and substance abuse problems. Approximately 50% will meet the diagnostic criteria for d.
Other form:Print version: Kennedy, Paul. Coping effectively with spinal cord inuries. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009 9780195339734