Overcoming Adversity after Spinal Cord Injury: A Positive Psychology Perspective
SCI Care: What Really Matters
English - August 03, 2020 23:47 - 31 minutes - 22 MBMedicine Health & Fitness spinalcord injury bladder management bowel management occupational therapy physiotherapy sci nurses Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Prof Stanley Duchrame, Clinical Psychologists at Boston University Medical Center and a Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Dr Jane Duff, Clinical Psychologist at the National Spinal Injuries Center, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and European Spinal Psychologists Association join Dr Chhabra to discuss a psychology perspective of overcoming adversity after spinal cord injury. This lively discussion covers an overview of all areas of this life-changing event in a person's life. Many factors surround the patient and their progress including how they and their family approach this adversity as well as the help and guidance an MDT team can offer.
In this episode:
2:52 Q1. Describe the psychological challenges faced by persons after spinal cord injury.
5:15 Q2. When a person's response becomes pathological, is this when medication is decided by the MDT team?
7:05 Q3. Can you elaborate further on the factors that determine how a person will respond to the injury?
10:35 Q4. How can the team managing the person with spinal cord injury encourage positive methods to manage the stress and help the individual in developing a deep determination to overcome the overwhelming challenge of an injury? Which members of the team play an active role in this regard?
13:53 Q5. What is the exact role of each role of each member of the team and when is the patient referred to them.
20:25 Q6. Do the persons with SCI require support once they are back in the community and will this span their entire lives? In addition, do the caregivers also require psychological support?
24:40 Q7. Do Caregivers require such support and do caregivers suffer from burnout?
25:30 Q8. What would be your “pearls of wisdom” in this regard to the persons with SCI, their families and the managing team?
Relevant Links
Stoke Mandeville Spinal Needs Assessment Checklist and Goal Planning Programme (SMS-NAC) watch here
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jane_Duff2
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322156644_Spinal_Cord_Injury
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