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COVID-19 and Mental Illness
Published in Clare Gerada, Zaid Al-Najjar, Beneath the White Coat, 2020
It is also important to remember that not all individuals will suffer distress. Doctors can thrive with pressure and challenge and can experience ‘post-traumatic growth’, which is positive psychological change resulting from adversity. Whether someone develops a psychological injury or experiences psychological growth is likely to be influenced by the way that they are supported before, during and after a challenging incident.
Glossary of terms
Published in Patricia A. Murphy, A Career and Life Planning Guide for Women Survivors:, 2020
Statute of limitations: A legal rule which states how long a civil suit can be filed after an injurious act has taken place. This is of particular importance to survivors of child battering and child sexual assault. Each state has its own rules (e.g., in California civil actions for recovery of damages from child sexual abuse are now limited to eight years after the child reaches the age of 21, or three years from the date the survivor discovers that the psychological injury or illness was caused by the abuse.) See Delayed Memory Debate and False Memory Syndrome.
Foundational Issues in Deception
Published in Harold V. Hall, Joseph G. Poirier, Detecting Malingering and Deception, 2020
Harold V. Hall, Joseph G. Poirier
Part of the problem arises because mental health syndromes and services are not as readily defined as in physical health. The removal of a diseased organ is relatively easy to document with a pathology report. Likewise, the surgical procedure lends itself to objective description. By comparison, the psychotherapeutic treatment of a recurrent depressive disorder is far more intangible in terms of syndrome-definition and what will be involved to provide adequate diagnosis and treatment. We will revisit the difficulties involved in defining psychological syndromes in a later chapter on civil claims of psychological injury and malingered conditions.
Disaster mental health: remembering the past, shaping the future
Published in International Review of Psychiatry, 2021
Extending the core military principles to civilian disaster mental health, we envision the current active mechanisms of psychological crisis intervention as (1) proximity (active outreach intervention in the field), (2) immediacy (surveillance and possible intervention as soon as there is any expectation of need), (3) expectancy (the notion that the experienced distress is a form of psychological injury most associated with the disaster rather than a form of mental illness), (4) simplicity (brief, practical interventions such as reassurance, anticipatory guidance, connecting with interpersonal support, stress management/self-care, and the instillation of hope; Bisson et al., 2007; Everly & Flynn, 2005), and (5) ventilation (disaster survivors are allowed, but not mandated, to engage in cathartic ventilation if desired). The ultimate, collective, goals of a psychological crisis intervention approach to disaster response would be (1) stabilizing acute distress, (2) mitigating acute distress, if possible, and/or (3) facilitating access to continued or advanced psychological support, as indicated (Everly et al., 2008; Everly & Lating, 2017, 2019). Such an approach is not a substitute for psychotherapy, however. Evidence suggests that a crisis intervention approach to reducing distress can be effective with civilian populations (Boscarino et al., 2005; Decker & Stubblebine, 1972; Despeaux et al., 2019; Everly, Lating, Sherman, & Goncher, 2016).
Development and factor structure of the perceptions of concussion inventory for athletes (PCI-A)
Published in Brain Injury, 2021
Ara J. Schmitt, Erica Beidler, Siobhan O’Connor, Shawn Eagle, Jessica Wallace, Morgan Anderson, Anthony Kontos
Regarding the primary purpose of this study, findings provided evidence that the PCI-A can be useful in examining SRC perceptions in collegiate student-athletes. This is an important initial step as gaining a foundational understanding of how collegiate student-athlete perceptions could help develop more effective SRC education, prevention, and intervention initiatives. Examples could include the understanding of acute and prolonged psychological injury response, patient treatment buy-in and compliance, and factors associated with lingering post-concussion issues. The CPQ, which was based upon the IPQ-R, was comprised of 24 items that formed a seven-factor structure. The final iteration of the PCI-A using collegiate student athletes as respondents is comprised of 21 items grouped according to six factors relating to concussion: Anxiety, Effects, Clarity, Treatment, Control, and Symptom Variability. These elements generally mirror factors obtained from studies involving this measure’s predecessors.
Philippine Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine emergency basic relief and medical aid mission project (November 2013–February 2014): the role of physiatrists in Super Typhoon Haiyan
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2018
Filipinas Ganchoon, Rommel Bugho, Liezel Calina, Rochelle Dy, James Gosney
Large-scale natural disasters can result in significant loss of life and long-term disability from severe traumatic injuries including crush injury, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, limb amputation long bone fracture, and peripheral nerve injury. Less severe musculoskeletal injuries may also result in reduced functioning. Comorbid psychological injury may also occur [4,5]. Medical rehabilitation of injured survivors employs the therapeutic interventions to help them “… achieve and maintain optimal sensory, physical, intellectual, and psychological functioning…” [6]. Rehabilitation aims to increase the individual’s level of activity and participation in the immediate living environment and community [7] by management of the acute injury, optimization of functioning, and social re-integration [5]. The World Health Organization defines rehabilitation as “a set of measures that assist individuals who experience, or are likely to experience, disability to achieve and maintain optimal functioning in interaction with their environments” [6]. Restoration of medical rehabilitation services and infrastructure following a large-scale natural disaster is also essential for full recovery of individuals, the community, and society [7].