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Addressing sexual issues in individuals with chronic health conditions
- Authors:
- CLAIRBORNE Nancy, RIZZO Victoria M.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 31(3), August 2006, pp.221-224.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article aims to provide social workers with information about the PLISSIT model, the intervention used for the treatment of people with disabilities or chronic illness who have sexuality issues. PLISSIT stands for the four levels of intervention: i) permission giving, ii) limited information, iii) specific suggestions, and iv) intensive therapy.
Back to life
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2006, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Coventry Client Support Unit is currently working to help people with health problems and disabilities, including mental health and learning disabilities, back into employment, though its Healthy Horizons project. The four week programme of group and individual work has now been extended to 12 weeks. The author profiles the work and success of the Unit which was winner of the NIMHE Positive Practice 2005 award for diversity,
Targets and dimensions of social comparison among people with spinal cord injury and other health problems
- Authors:
- BUUNK Abraham P., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Health Psychology, 11(4), November 2006, pp.677-693.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The present research examined comparison targets and comparison dimensions among two Spanish samples of individuals facing serious illnesses and diseases. In Study 1, 90 older patients (mean age 66.36) with various age-related diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, indicated that they compared themselves most often with others with the same disease, next with others with another disease and least with people without health problems. They compared themselves more often on their mental state, symptoms and physical activities than on their social activities. Social comparison orientation (SCO) as an individual difference characteristic was associated with more frequent comparisons with particularly similar targets, and with more frequent comparisons of one's symptoms and physical activities. Neuroticism was correlated only with more comparisons of one's symptoms. Study 2 was conducted in a sample of 70 relatively young patients (mean age 43.97) with spinal cord injury (SCI). Overall, they compared themselves more often with others than the participants in Study 1, and they compared themselves to a similar extent with people with SCI as with people with another disease and with people without health problems. While they felt on average better off than people with other diseases and other people with SCI, people with SCI felt on average worse off than people without health problems. They compared themselves more often on physical activities than on any other dimension. Higher levels of stress and uncertainty were associated with more frequent comparisons with people without SCI, and with more frequent comparisons of one's mental state, one's symptoms and one's future perspectives. The discussion focuses on the theoretical relevance of the results for social comparison theory, and on the practical relevance of the findings for interventions.
Claims that fail to stand up
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.02.06, 2006, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The green paper on welfare reform will have implications for people claiming benefits because of sickness and disability. This article looks at whether the proposals really will help people back into work.
Worried sick: the experience of debt problems and their relationship with health, illness and disability
- Authors:
- BALMER Nigel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 5(1), January 2006, pp.39-51.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper examines social and demographic predictors of debt problems, whether debt problems tend to occur in combination with other problems and which people tend to experience long- rather than short-term debt. Data were extracted from a survey of 5,611 adults' experiences of civil justice problems, throughout England and Wales. Being in receipt of benefits and long-term illness or disability were the strongest predictors of debt, with long-term ill or disabled respondents also being more susceptible to long-term debt. The authors highlight the importance of advice interventions that recognise the link between civil justice problems and health, illness or disability.