Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Physical Disability

A Manual for Health Practitioners

James E. Lindemann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

452 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
9781468440065 (ISBN)

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A relationship between the disciplines of psychology and medicine is evident in writings from the beginnings of recorded history. This inter action was characterized in some epochs by mutual interest and support, only to be followed by periods of relative disinterest. During the past century there have been several formal attempts to acknowledge this interdependence and to revive and codify on a more permanent basis the working relationships between practitioners and scientists from both psychology and medicine. These twentieth-century waves of interest, which have also come and gone, have been identified by such names as psychosomatic medicine and rehabilitation psychology. For a variety of reasons, notably the lack of a sufficient knowledge base in either disci pline, the desired partnership has not come to full flower. This state of affairs seems to be changing as we enter the last two decades of the twentieth century. In the American Psychologist in September, 1980, I reviewed recent developments in psychology and in medicine and in federal and private funding patterns, which give evidence of revitalizing this partnership between these two disciplines and their relevant subspecialties. For ex ample, after six decades of spectacular biomedical scientific advances which have all but eradicated such life-threatening diseases as polio myelitis and tuberculosis, leaders in medicine, the behavioral sciences, and other segments of society reached a consensus during the 1970s that the behavior of the individual is one of today's unexplored frontiers for modern medical practice and related good health care.

1 General Considerations for Evaluating and Counseling the Physically Handicapped.- The Stigma of Disability.- The Process of Adjustment to Disability.- Psychological Characteristics and Problems Commonly Associated with Disability.- Helping Relationships with the Physically Disabled.- Suggestions about Process.- Labeling, Normalization, and Mainstreaming.- Milestones.- References.- 2 Hemophilia.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating Persons with Hemophilia.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 3 Diabetes Mellitus.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating Diabetic Patients.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- 4 Other Genetic Disorders.- Genetic Disorders.- Phenylketonuria.- Turner’s Syndrome.- Klinefelter’s Syndrome.- Huntington’s Disease.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 5 Cerebral Palsy.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating Persons with Cerebral Palsy.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 6 Epilepsy.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluation of Individuals with Epilepsy.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 7 Mental Retardation.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating Persons with Mental Retardation.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 8 Spinal Cord Injury.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating Persons withSpinal Cord Injury.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 9 Myelomeningocele (Spina Bifida).- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating Persons with Myelomeningocele.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 10 Progressive Muscle Disorders.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluation of Patients with Progressive Muscle Disorder.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 11 Congenital Heart Defects.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating Persons with Congenital Heart Defect.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 12 Coronary Heart Disease.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating Persons with Coronary Heart Disease.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 13 Visual Handicaps.- Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating the Blind.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.- 14 Hearing Disorders.- The Physical Disability.- Common Psychological Characteristics and Problems.- Evaluating the Hearing-Impaired Person.- Intervention Methods.- Trends and Needs.- Appendix: Sources of Information.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.3.2012
Zusatzinfo	2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781468440065 / 9781468440065
Zustand	Neuware