Health and wellness: the beginning of the paradigm
CHAPTER 2 Health and wellness: the beginning of the paradigm JANET R. BEZNER, PT, PhD Objectives After reading this chapter the student or therapist will be able to: 1. Define and…
Brain tumors
CHAPTER 25 Brain tumors CORRIE J. STAYNER, PT, MS, RACHEL M. LOPEZ, PT, MPT, NCS and KARLA M. TUZZOLINO, PT, NCS Objectives After reading this chapter the student or therapist…
Interventions for clients with movement limitations
CHAPTER 9 Interventions for clients with movement limitations DARCY A. UMPHRED, PT, PhD, FAPTA, NANCY N. BYL, PT, MPH, PhD, FAPTA, ROLANDO T. LAZARO, PT, PhD, DPT, GCS and MARGARET…
Multiple sclerosis
CHAPTER 19 Multiple sclerosis GAIL L. WIDENER, PT, PhD Objectives After reading this chapter the student or therapist will be able to: 1. Describe the pathological processes, prevalence, and clinical presentation…
Impact of drug therapy on patients receiving neurological rehabilitation
CHAPTER 36 Impact of drug therapy on patients receiving neurological rehabilitation ANNIE BURKE-DOE, PT, MPT, PhD and TIMOTHY J. SMITH, RPh, PhD Objectives After reading this chapter the student or…
Psychosocial aspects of adaptation and adjustment during various phases of neurological disability
CHAPTER 6 Psychosocial aspects of adaptation and adjustment during various phases of neurological disability ROCHELLE McLAUGHLIN, MS, OTR/L, MBSR and GORDON U. BURTON, PhD, OTR/L Objectives After reading this chapter…
Assessing Quality of Life and Perceptions of Care
You have engaged Sam and a group of other people with severe mental illness in a rehabilitation programme. You hope that they are finding the programme worthwhile and that it…
Assessment of Functioning and Disability
In a recent interview with Sam, it became clear that he had problems with everyday functioning, particularly in the areas of self-care and social interaction. Sam was wearing crumpled clothes…
Assessment of Recovery, Empowerment and Strengths
It is clear that Sam feels demoralised by his illness. It is not that he is depressed but rather that he does not have any vision of the kind of…
Activation and Related Interventions
Sam is feeling down. Even though, by objective standards, he has made real progress in management of his illness and has been stable for more than 6 months, he is…
