BAKER Kimberly A., TANDY Cynthia C., DIXON Danny R.
Journal article citation:
Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(4), 2002, pp.25-43.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a devastating medical condition that can happen to anyone at anytime, despite precautions. This paper provides details regarding etiology, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of TBI. Patients and families usually require assistance and direction from several healthcare professionals, including social workers, both during and after the initial period of hospitalization and rehabilitation. After a brief discussion of interventions at several levels, the paper concludes with a focus on both the individual and the family, and how social workers in the hospital or rehabilitation clinic can intervene to assist the patient and family members in learning and using more effective methods of coping. Implications for social work practice are included. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a devastating medical condition that can happen to anyone at anytime, despite precautions. This paper provides details regarding etiology, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of TBI. Patients and families usually require assistance and direction from several healthcare professionals, including social workers, both during and after the initial period of hospitalization and rehabilitation. After a brief discussion of interventions at several levels, the paper concludes with a focus on both the individual and the family, and how social workers in the hospital or rehabilitation clinic can intervene to assist the patient and family members in learning and using more effective methods of coping. Implications for social work practice are included. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Subject terms:
hospital social work, intervention, physical disabilities, rehabilitation, risk, social work, social work methods, treatment, therapy and treatment, head injuries;
Clinical Social Work Journal, 31(4), Winter 2003, pp.407-418.
Publisher:
Springer
Place of publication:
New York
There is a dearth of literature addressing the issues presented in the treatment of adult disabled women who were victims of childhood sexual abuse. This article focuses on the pertinent issues involved in clinically treating this population, such as the meaning of the traumatic event of sexual abuse for the individual, the disability and how it may have impacted her in terms of dependence, body integrity, and sexuality. Coping strategies and case examples are presented and possible countertransferential reactions are examined.
There is a dearth of literature addressing the issues presented in the treatment of adult disabled women who were victims of childhood sexual abuse. This article focuses on the pertinent issues involved in clinically treating this population, such as the meaning of the traumatic event of sexual abuse for the individual, the disability and how it may have impacted her in terms of dependence, body integrity, and sexuality. Coping strategies and case examples are presented and possible countertransferential reactions are examined.
Subject terms:
physical disabilities, psychoanalysis, resilience, sexuality, social work, social work methods, survivors, treatment, therapy and treatment, women, child sexual abuse, coping behaviour;
Social Work in Health Care, 37(1), 2003, pp.19-39.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of narrative as a tool to understand the experience of chronic illness. The study is phenomenological in nature, using elements of grounded theory and social constructionism to consider the data collected. As examples of the issues raised using the narrative approach, the paper describes four themes that were pervasive in the first-person accounts of these individuals: emotional reaction to the diagnosis, because of both the form and content in the narratives, these are described as ‘peak experiences’; impact of stress as a precipitator of symptoms or illness, as an ongoing aggravator of the chronic illness, or as a factor in overall coping with the chronic illness; view of death named by all four individuals as it relates to their view of life; illness meaning, coined by two of the individuals as ‘philosophy of life.' These themes were interpreted in terms of their implications for therapeutic relationships with people with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of narrative as a tool to understand the experience of chronic illness. The study is phenomenological in nature, using elements of grounded theory and social constructionism to consider the data collected. As examples of the issues raised using the narrative approach, the paper describes four themes that were pervasive in the first-person accounts of these individuals: emotional reaction to the diagnosis, because of both the form and content in the narratives, these are described as ‘peak experiences’; impact of stress as a precipitator of symptoms or illness, as an ongoing aggravator of the chronic illness, or as a factor in overall coping with the chronic illness; view of death named by all four individuals as it relates to their view of life; illness meaning, coined by two of the individuals as ‘philosophy of life.' These themes were interpreted in terms of their implications for therapeutic relationships with people with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
Subject terms:
life story work, life style, medical social work, medical social workers, long term conditions, physical disabilities, self-concept, social work, therapies, therapy and treatment, death, diagnosis, dying, emotions;