Understanding Psychosocial Adjustment to Chronic Illness and Disability: A Handbook for Evidence-Based Practitioners in Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation practitioners face the difficult task of helping clients adjust to chronic illness or disability. This can be a long and trying process for both practitioner and client. With this handbook, however, practitioners and students can gain a wealth of insight into the critical issues clients face daily.

This book presents the dominant theories, models, and evidence-based techniques necessary to help the psychosocial adjustment of chronically ill or disabled persons. Each chapter is written from an evidence-based practice (EBP) perspective, and explores how important issues (i.e., social stigma, social support, sexuality, family, depression, and substance abuse) affect persons adjusting to chronic illness and disability.

Key features include:

• A review of psychopharmacological treatment options for depression, anxiety, and other disorders coinciding with rehabilitation
• The effect of rehabilitation on the family, including key family intervention strategies
• Strategies for using positive psychology and motivational interviewing in rehabilitation
• Multiculturalism and the effect of culture on the adjustment process
• Ancillary materials including an instructor's manual with a syllabus, examination items, PowerPoint presentation, and answers to class exercises

By incorporating research-based knowledge into clinical rehabilitation practice, health care professionals can ensure that people with chronic illness and disability receive only the best treatment."

Author: Fong Chan, Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso, Julie Chronister
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 06/16/2009
Pages: 604
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780826123862

About the Author
Chan, Fong: -

Fong Chan, Ph.D. is a professor emeritus in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also the codirector of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Evidence-Based Vocational Rehabilitation Practices. Before joining the faculty at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992, he was on the faculty in the Department of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology for four years and the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center for five years. He is a certified rehabilitation counselor, a licensed psychologist, and a fellow in the American Psychological Association. Dr. Chan has more than 35 years of experience conducting applied rehabilitation research in the topical areas of neuropsychological assessment, psychosocial interventions, demand-side employment, transition and postsecondary education, evidence-based practice, and research methodologies. Dr. Chan has published over 300 refereed journal articles and book chapters. In addition, he is the editor of four textbooks: Case Management for Rehabilitation Health Professionals; Counseling Theories and Techniques for Rehabilitation Health Professionals; Understanding Psychosocial Adjustment to Chronic Illness and Disability: A Handbook for Evidence-Based Practitioners in Rehabilitation; and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Examination Preparation: A Concise Guide to the Foundations of Rehabilitation Counseling.