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For individuals who have suffered a spinal cord injury, it is a struggle to know how to assess and cope with such a life-changing event. The coping strategies that a person employs can have an enormous impact on their mental well-being and long-term health. Approach focused coping, in which the individual accepts and seeks to understand their condition, results in a sense of mastery, self-efficacy, and post traumatic growth. Conversely, avoidance focused coping can lead to anxiety, depression, self neglect, and substance abuse problems. Approximately 50% will meet the diagnostic criteria for depression at 6 months post injury. Research shows that those with depression will have a poorer outcome and shorter life-span.

Coping effectiveness training (CET) aims to improve skills for assessing stress, teaching a range of coping skills that can be used to tackle stress, and provide an opportunity for interaction with others who have similar experiences of spinal cord injury. CET includes the identification of effective and ineffective responses to stress, especially those that are particularly unhelpful, such as disengagement, general avoidance, long term denial, and the expression of extreme emotion. By encouraging individuals to think critically about their behaviour in response to stressors, CET helps people avoid unproductive ways of coping.

Like all TreatmentsThatWork programs, this treatment is evidence-based. In the author's clinical studies, CET has proven to successfully reduce levels of depression and anxiety in individuals with spinal cord injury, and also resulted in changes in negative self-perception and improved self-efficiacy. The intervention consists of seven, 60-75 minute sessions run two a week in small groups of six to nine people. By working in small groups, participants are able to share experience and build a community, reducing the sense of isolation that often results from sever injury. A corresponding workbook provides monitoring forms, homework exercises, and other user-friendly techniques to continue the work outside of therapy.

TreatmentsThatWorkTM represents the gold standard of behavioral healthcare interventions!



·All programs have been rigorously tested in clinical trials and are backed by years of research


·A prestigious scientific advisory board, led by series Editor-In-Chief David H. Barlow, reviews and evaluates each intervention to ensure that it meets the highest standard of evidence so you can be confident that you are using the most effective treatment available to date


·Our books are reliable and effective and make it easy for you to provide your clients with the best care available


·Our corresponding workbooks contain psychoeducational information, forms and worksheets, and homework assignments to keep clients engaged and motivated


·A companion website (www.oup.com/us/ttw) offers downloadable clinical tools and helpful resources


·Continuing Education (CE) Credits are now available on select titles in collaboration with PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER) ... Read more

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Fifty years ago, people with spinal cord injuries lived only about two years.These days, they can expect close to an average life expectancy. The spinal cord injured are now viewed as physically disabled but healthy people with a productive future in society. This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation includes important chapters for healthcare providers to help patients obtain this level of productivity, with chapters on strategies for recovery,technology, wheelchairs and assistive devices, chronic pain and depression and even health and fitness. ... Read more

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Spinal cord injuries typically strike young, previously healthy persons, and leaves the individual with a severe, life-lasting impairment affecting all organ systems. Without adequate management, the risk of severe morbidity and mortality is very high. In contrast state-of-the-art management makes it possible for most persons with SCI to lead long, fulfilling, and autonomous lives despite neurological impairment. This book covers all medical and surgical aspects of modern SCI management from the scene of the accident through rehabilitation to the life-long follow up. ... Read more

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No one anticipates the need for physical rehabilitation services. It is an area with which most people are unfamiliar, filled with new terminology, anxiety, and uncertainty about the future. There are 38 million Americans with a total of 61 million disabling conditions, including injuries and impairments that contribute to a person's being limited in social or other activities.

Rehabilitation Sourcebook contains information about the most common conditions requiring rehabilitation and the different types of rehabilitation services available to treat those conditions. It provides helpful information about choosing the right rehabilitation program and offers tips on choosing assistive equipment to help in recovery and adaptation to daily living. The book also includes a glossary of related terms and a list of resources for further help and information. ... Read more

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An important, basic, and comprehensive reference work.
Dawn Matthews edits Rehabilitation Sourcebook which covers important basic details on various kinds of rehabilitation, from recovery from heart surgery or stroke to spinal cord injury. ... Read more

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This reference text covers the fundamental knowledge and principles of functional electrical stimulation (FES) as applied to the spinal cord injured (SCI) patient. The principles of FES application and basic biomechanical issues related to FES in SCI are stressed. The fundamentals regarding patient selection criteria, indication, contraindications, and descriptions of procedures are clearly presented. Also included are the fundamentals and rationale of gait restoration with patient selection, control strategies, and the synthesis of gait sequences with trends in the field. Each chapter contains numerous references to the FES literature for the reader to easily evaluate and extend his knowledge in the area of interest. Biomedical and rehabilitation engineering professionals and researchers for medical doctors, physical therapists, and orthotists will find this publication invaluable. ... Read more

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A great Book!
I believe this book will help you understand the concept of Spinal Cord Injury a little better. It explains how the function of having the injuries in great detail. I would really recommend this book to someone that if basicly look for more information about spinal cord injuries. ... Read more

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The clinical management of patients with acute brain and spinal cord injury has evolved significantly with the advent of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Editors Bhardwaj, Ellegala, and Kirsch present Acute Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, a new stand-alone reference to help today’s neurologists and neurosurgeons keep abreast of all the recent advancements in brain and spinal cord injury. Divided into five sections, traumatic brain injury, ischemic stroke, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, and spinal cord injury, this text offers the most current medical science and highlights controversies in the clinical management of patients with acute brain and spinal cord injuries.

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Most spinal cord injury causes permanent disability or loss of movement (paralysis) and sensation below the site of the injury. Paralysis that involves the majority of the body, including the arms and legs, is called quadriplegia or tetraplegia. When a spinal cord injury affects only the lower body, the condition is called paraplegia. Many scientists are optimistic that important advances will occur to make the repair of injured spinal cords a reachable goal. In the meantime, treatments and rehabilitation allow many people with spinal cord injury to lead productive, independent lives. This new and important book gathers the latest research on spinal cord injury from around the world. ... Read more

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University of Alabama, Birmingham. Clinical research on the rehabilitation of spinal cord injury drawn from the Model Systems Uniform Database, covering June 1973 to June 1992. 41 U.S. contributors. DNLM: Spinal Cord Injuries. ... Read more

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This book is designed primarily to help recently qualified staff and professionals to develop an insight into the implications of spinal cord injury. Explaining the prognosis, rehabilitation, returning to work and sexual functioning are discussed in detail. Suitable for all professionals including doctors and those working in rehabilitation such as nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists. ... Read more

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Co-authored by physicians, lay experts, and a rehabilitation engineer who himself sustained a spinal cord injury, this practical guide addresses in layperson's terms the many medical, social, and psychological issues that face spinal cord-injured patients and their families. The authors describe what happens to the body after spinal cord injury, discuss the physical implications of such injuries, and explain how injured persons can minimize problems with urinary function, bowel function, skin care, pain, spasticity, and autonomic dysreflexia. Practical suggestions are offered to help patients handle difficulties with mobility, sex and intimacy, sports and recreation, and travel and transportation. ... Read more

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New edition of a concise text on the acute care and rehabilitation of spinal cord injury patients. For physical and occupational therapists and nurses. DNLM: Spinal Cord Injuries rehabilitation. ... Read more

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Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Illinois.Manual for the physicians, nurses, and physical or occupational therapists on the spinal cord injury team on maximizing the outcome potential of the spinal cord injury patient. ... Read more