‘This edition…adds an important international perspective on illness and disability. The personal narratives help bring the real world of people who are suffering to the forefront of the scientific discourse.’– Doody’s Medical Reviews
Now in its sixth edition, this best-selling textbook continues to be the most comprehensive and diverse text available on the psychosocial aspects of disability. It examines current thought and treatment approaches to working with individuals with disabilities through the contributions of expert thinkers and practitioners in the disability field. Abundant and insightful narratives by disabled individuals offer a bridge between theory and practice for students in rehabilitation psychology and counseling courses.
In addition to completely updated and reorganized material, this edition contains insightful new section introductions, empirically based research articles, and the contributions of international researchers presenting a more global and richer perspective on the psychosocial aspects of disability and illness. It also contains an increased focus on the negative impact of societal attitudes and treatment of disabled individuals on their psychological adjustment to disability. The addition of objectives at the beginning of each chapter and review questions and personal perspectives at the end of each chapter further facilitate in-depth learning.
Key Features:- Presents the most comprehensive and diverse coverage of psychosocial aspects of disability topics of any textbook available
- Examines contemporary thinking and treatment approaches in working with individuals with disabilities
- Provides a bridge between theory and practice through the narratives of individuals with disabilities
- Establishes a historical understanding of societal attitudes toward disability and treatment past and present of persons with disabilities
- Analyzes barriers to enabling persons with disabilities and improving social consciousness and quality of life for this population
- Facilitates course planning through inclusion of objectives and review questions/personal perspectives in each chapter
Tabella dei contenuti
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Foreword
Arthur E. Dell Orto
Part I. Historical Perspectives on Illness and Disability
Danielle D. Fox and Irmo Marini
Hanock Livneh
Kim Nguyen ñFinn
Richard L. Beaulaurier, Samuel H. Taylor
Julie F. Smart, David W. Smart
Beatrice Wright
Personal Perspective : Coping with A Journey Toward Recovery (+ discussion)
Dale Walsh
Part II. The Personal Impact of Disability
Hanoch Livneh, Richard F. Antonak
Andrew A. Phemister
Margaret Nosek
Eva Miller, Irmo Marini
Irmo Marini
Carol S. North, Alina M. Suris
Malachy Bishop
Personal Perspective: Using Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy Techniques to Cope with Disability
Albert Ellis
Part III Family Issues in Illness & Disability
Ora Prilleltensky
Jane Case-Smith
Lydia P. Buki, Lori Kogan, Bethanne Keen, Patti Uman
Sara Pedersen, Tracey A. Revenson,
Robert P. Winske
Personal Perspective: Life’s Lessons Taught Me by My Disability
Alfred H. De Graf
Part IV Interventions and Resources
Chuck Reid, Maria Barrera
Jamylah Jackson, Lisa Thoman, Alina M. Suris, Carol S. North
Martin G. Brodwin, Francis W. Sui
Boswell, Glacoff, Hamer, Mc Chesney, Knight
Martin G. Brodwin, Francis W. Sui
Personal Perspective: Recovery and the Rehabilitation Process: A Personal
Journey
James T. Herbert
Part V New Directions: Issues and Perspectives
Irmo Marini, Mitka Chacon
Meredith Minkler, Pamela Fade
David B. Peterson
Mark Stebnicki
Maria G. Romero, Irmo Marini
Steve Zanskas, Wendy Coduti
Carol North, Alina Suris
Susanne M. Bruyere, Debra A. Harley, Charlene M. Kampfe, John S. Wadsworth
Irmo Marini, Mark Stebnicki
Appendix A: Perspective Exercises
Introduction to Appendix A: Perspective Exercises
– Common Pain, Mutual Support
– Who Needs This Kind of Help?
– Is the Person With a Disability More Important Than the Family?
– Enough Is Enough
– Fragile: Handle with Care
– I Am in Love With a Stranger”
Appendix B: Personal Perspectives
Introduction to Appendix B: Personal Perspectives
Chris and His Mother: Hope and Home
Chris Moy
Karen–My Daughter Forever
Linda Stacey
Living in Spite of Multiple Sclerosis
Tosca Appel
Surviving ALS: A Daughter’s Perspective
Judy Teplow
My Life With a Disability
Paul Egan
For Better or For Worse: David
David Collins
Experiencing Sexuality as an Adolescent with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Robert J. Neumann
Circa l’autore
Irmo Marini, Ph D, DSc, CRC, CLCP, is professor in the School of Rehabilitation at the University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas. He obtained his Ph D in rehabilitation from Auburn University and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is a 2009 recipient of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education’s Distinguished Career Award in rehabilitation education, and 2010 recipient of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association’s James F. Garrett Distinguished Career Award in rehabilitation research. In 2012, Dr. Marini was bestowed an honorary Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from his alma mater Lakehead University and was the recipient of the 2013 National Council on Rehabilitation Education’s Educator of the Year award. In 2015, he was the recipient of the Patricia Mc Collom Distinguished Career Award in life care planning research, and in 2022 the Outstanding Educator of the Year Award with the International Academy of Life Care Planners.