Rehabilitation Psychology

William Stiers, Kathryn Nicholson Perry, Paul Kennedy, Marcia J. Scherer

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5 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages573-587
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9781405193313
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 20 2011

Keywords

  • Assistive technology (AT), anything used-for maintaining or increasing functional capabilities
  • Changes in physical functioning, task functioning and social functioning-disrupting previously established personal, family and community equilibriums
  • Concepts of disability
  • Disability, common outcome of chronic health conditions-and disability closely related to increased health care costs
  • Rehabilitation psychologists, developing specialized knowledge and practices-in regard to working with rehabilitation teams and programs
  • Rehabilitation psychologists, services to individuals-with traumatic, chronic, or congenital injuries or illnesses, their families, and rehabilitation teams and programs
  • Rehabilitation psychology
  • Rehabilitation psychology practice-specialty within domain of professional health-service psychology
  • Roots of psychological study-traced back to beginning of recorded history
  • Self-management-direct work with individuals and caregivers, work done to develop disease self-management strategies, improving disease-specific control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology

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