Title: The Psychological and social impact of physical disability /
Authors: Dell Orto, Arthur E., 1943-; Marinelli, Robert P., 1942-
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.,
Year: 1984
Subjects: Rehabilitation; Disabled Persons; Rehabilitation; People with disabilities United States Psychology.; People with disabilities Rehabilitation United States; People with disabilities Family relationships United States.; People with disabilities Sexual behavior United States.; People with disabilities United States Public opinion.; Public opinion United States; United States; United States
Contents: Disability and the concept of life functions -- Roles of counseling in ensuring the rights of the handicapped -- Explaining "psychiatric rehabilitation" by an analogy to "physical rehabilitation" -- Independent living -- Disruptions in the socialization of a young severly handicapped child -- Toward an understanding of the rehabilitation of the disabled adolescent -- Physical rehabilitation and family dynamics -- Psychological adjustment to physical disability -- Six principles relating disability and psychological adjustment -- Reaction to loss -- Communication barriers between "the able-bodied" and "the handicapped" -- Studies in adjustment to visible injuries -- self-socialization -- On the origins of negative attitudes toward people with disabilities -- The coping framework and attitude change -- Societal rehabilitation -- Sexuality and the handicapped -- Sexual dysfunctions associated with physical disabilities -- Sexual adjustment counseling for persons with severe disabilities -- United Nations, New York, General Assembly Resolution 3447{XXX], Adopted 9 December 1975 -- The self-help group model -- The contribution of the physically and mentally handicapped to development -- Women and rehabilitation -- The handicapped -- Assessment strategies for the handicapped -- Structured Experiential Training (SET) -- Milieu therapy -- Stress management for rehabilitation clients -- Covert conditioning and self-management in rehabilitation counseling.