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Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability: A Primer for Counselors
✍ Scribed by Hanoch Livneh; Richard F. Antonak
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
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✦ Synopsis
In this article, the authors discuss 3 broad domains of psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and disability. These include the dynamics (basic concepts, psychosocial responses, and coping strategies) typically associated with the process of adaptation to disabling conditions, assessment of adaptation as evidenced by 6 commonly used measures, and intervention strategies applied to facilitating coping with and adaptation to chronic illness and disability.