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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 ...
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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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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Psychological Adaptation of Nurses Post-Disaster

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1992
Disasters have the potential to cause major disruptions in lifeline services and family support systems. As caregivers, nurses are required to make difficult choices during national emergencies and may be at risk for experiencing psychological distress following a disaster.
K A, Waters, J, Selander, G W, Stuart
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Instructional Psychology: Aptitude, Adaptation, and Assessment

Annual Review of Psychology, 1992
f igures to decide which response f igure completes the matrix. Tullos ( 1987) studied high school students , concluding that rule inference and application components were central; errors involved inferring wrong rules or omitting rules . Results supported previous findings that high-scoring students tend to construct answers analytically before ...
R E, Snow, J, Swanson
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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   +4 more
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