The Psychological & Social Impact of Illness and Disability

by Orto, Arthur E. Dell, Ph.D.; Power, Paul W.

• ISBN13: 9780826102447
• ISBN10: 0826102441
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-02
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

This retitled new edition places emphasis on the illness as as the disability trajectory and its impact on an individual's well being. It also highlights the person perspectives or stories of those faced with the many demands of living with a disability w

Table of Contents

The disability paradigm	p. 7
Understanding how disability is defined and conceptualized in the literature	p. 11
An integrative conceptual framework of disability : new directions for research	p. 22
Transforming psychological practice and society : policies that reflect the new paradigm	p. 37
Social work practice with people with disabilities in the era of disability rights	p. 53
Models of disability : implications for the counseling profession	p. 75
The contribution of the physically and mentally handicapped to development	p. 101
Personal perspective : coping with a journey toward recovery : from the inside out	p. 109
Perspective exercise 1 : reflections on Jean Vanier : how far have we come? : how far must we go?	p. 118
Psychological adaptation to chronic illness and disability : a primer for counselors	p. 125
Objective self-awareness and stigma : implications for persons with visible disabilities	p. 145
Psychosocial issues of women with physical disabilities : the continuing gender debate	p. 156
Female sexuality and spinal cord injury : counseling implications	p. 176
Cross-cultural counseling issues of males who sustain a disability	p. 194
Psychiatric and psychological issues in survivors of major disasters	p. 214
Quality of life and psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and acquired disability : a conceptual and theoretical synthesis	p. 230
Six principles relating disability and psychological adjustment	p. 249
Personal perspective : using rational emotive behavior therapy techniques to cope with disability	p. 255
Perspective exercise 2 : prime of life	p. 269
Family decision making in foregoing life-extending treatments	p. 277
My child is not my carer : mothers with physical disabilities and the well-being of children	p. 292
Parenting a child with a chronic medical condition	p. 310
In the midst of a hurricane : a case study of a couple living with AIDS	p. 329
Parental illness, family functioning, and adolescent well-being : a family ecology framework to guide research	p. 351
Life's challenges : curse or opportunity? : counseling families of persons with disabilities	p. 386
Personal perspectives : my life with muscular dystrophy : lessons and opportunities	p. 401
Dealing with spina bifida : mother's perspective	p. 408
Perspective exercise 3 : my family and disability : where do we stand?	p. 418
The construct of hope in the rehabilitation process	p. 427
Spirituality in disability and illness	p. 441
Spiritual factors and adjustment in medical rehabilitation : understanding forgiveness as a means of coping	p. 455
The psychosocial impact on survivors of extraordinary, stressful, and traumatic events : principles and practices in critical incident response for rehabilitation counselors	p. 472
War, death, and bereavement : how we can help	p. 495
Users of assistive technology : the human component	p. 505
Changes in attitudes toward people with handicaps	p. 520
Personal perspective : recovery and the rehabilitation process : a personal journey	p. 530
Perspective exercise 4 : trauma helicopter	p. 541
The implications of positive psychology and wellness for rehabilitation counselor education	p. 551
"Successful aging" : a disability perspective	p. 568
The promise of the international classification of functioning, disability, and health (ICF)	p. 582
Recovery from psychiatric disabilities	p. 596
Psychological adaptation to disability : perspectives from chaos and complexity theory	p. 611
Eugenics, euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide : an overview for rehabilitation professionals	p. 634
Reflections and considerations	p. 649
Aging and disability : toward a unified agenda	p. 664
Personal statement : life lessons taught me by my disability	p. 672
Personal statement : one more burden, a mother's perspective	p. 678
Perspective exercise 5 : why us?	p. 681
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