Serving families who have served: providing family therapy and support in interdisciplinary polytrauma rehabilitation
✍ Scribed by Rose C. Collins; Maureen C. Kennedy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Severe polytraumatic injuries sustained in combat operations require intensive rehabilitation and often result in complex, long‐term disabilities. Understandably, these significant injuries have a substantial emotional impact on families. In this article, the authors discuss the importance of a family‐centered care philosophy, the interdisciplinary team approach, the therapeutic milieu, and two family‐systems treatments (medical family therapy and ambiguous loss theory). A case example illustrates the key processes of psychological support and therapy when treating polytrauma patients and their families. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 64:1–11, 2008.