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Psychologic adaptation to breast cancer

Cancer, 1980
Adaptation to breast cancer depends on two parameters: one derived from the patient and one from the disease. The first comprises the psychological and social factors that are determined by the patient and her surroundings: the psychologic adjustment the patient had before illness, her social supports, especially her spouse, and her social context ...
J C, Holland, R, Mastrovito
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Psychological Adaptation to Disability

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2005
The process of psychological adaptation to chronic illness and disability (CID) has been extensively studied by rehabilitation professionals for more than 50 years, yet it is still fraught with misunderstanding and often contradictory views. In this paper, the authors seek to expand on earlier suggestions by Parker, Schaller, and Hansmann (2003) and on
Hanoch Livneh, Randall M. Parker
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Theory of psychological adaptive modes

Medical Hypotheses, 2016
When an individual is facing a stressor and normal stress-response mechanism cannot guarantee sufficient adaptation, special emotional states, adaptive modes, are activated (for example a depressive reaction). Adaptive modes are involuntary states of mind, they are of comprehensive nature, they interfere with normal functioning, and they cannot be ...
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The Concept of Adaptation in Modern Psychology

The Journal of Psychology, 1965
(1965). The Concept of Adaptation in Modern Psychology. The Journal of Psychology: Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 73-93.
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Psychological Adaptation to Hemodialysis

1984
After studying patients’ adaptation to chronic hemodialysis in the late 1960s, Abrami described a series of stages through which a dialysand passed. When entering dialysis the patient was at death’s door and much too numb to care about his future. Apathy was the general attitude in this initial stage.
Denton C. Buchanan, Harry S. Abram
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Social and Psychological Determinants of Adaptation

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1979
Social and psychological frameworks used to explain adaptation are examined. Findings from a study of three ethnic groups, Irish, Italian, and Polish Americans, aged forty to eighty are presented to test the effects of life stage, social surround, and personality on adaptation.
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Psychological Adaptation of Liver Transplant Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings, 2005
We analyzed the influence of two variables (place of hospitalization of the patients and the mental health of relatives) on symptoms of anxiety and depression in liver transplant patients. The subject groups were made up of 48 liver transplant recipients (mean age 51.15; SD = 8.57) and their close relatives.
M A, Pérez-San-Gregorio, A, Martin-Rodríguez, E, Asián-Chavez, A, Gallego-Corpa, J, Pérez-Bernal   +4 more
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Adaptation and Psychological Disorders

2016
This chapter reviews the issues of adaptation and psychological disorders. First, the definitions of adaptation and psychological disorders are stated, and the criteria for psychological disorders are given. Depression is introduced as a common and typical example of psychological disorder.
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SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION IN RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN PSYCHOLOGY

Человеческий капитал, 2020
The article discusses various approaches in domestic and foreign psychology in the interpretation of the concept of socio-psychological adaptation the success of socio-psychological adaptation, which can be discussed if there is not only an individuals adaptation to the current conditions of life, but also his personal resources are updated, which he ...
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Psychologic Adaptation of Children to Epilepsy in a Parent

Epilepsia, 1984
Summary: A prospective study of the children in 12 families examined the impact of and adjustments to epilepsy in one of the parents. Young children allowed to see the parent's seizures and the treatment for those seizures adapted to the threat of illness in a parent by becoming involved in the care and supervision of the affected adult.
R, Lechtenberg, L, Akner
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