Psychosocial Process Journal

Pat Dorsett, MD and Patricia Fronek, BSW
Abstract
    Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health care professionals tend to anticipate […]

John W. DenBoer, MA and Sigmund Hough, PhD, ABPP
Abstract
     This case study explored the challenge of using verbal feedback with an individual following simultaneous with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury (SCI/TBI) with visual impairment. A man in his late 20’s received a severe open head injury and T5 ASIA B ischemic spinal […]

Deborah Blanchard, ACSW, LCSW
    I recently retired from my job with the State of Louisiana. At about the same time, I also fell and wound up with both a tibia plateau and a femur fracture and have been basically home-bound. The highlight of my morning has been the newspaper and the Ellen Degeneres Show […]

The following are brief descriptions of a variety of useful organizations, including website information. If there are other organizations you would like to bring to the attention of AASCIPSW membership, please inform Jayne Kleinman, jjk1009@hotmail.com 203-631-4800.
The Abilities Expopresents expositions around the country in various locations, showing independent and assisted living products and services dedicated […]

Briana Bowen, MSW Student, Ellen Cloyed, LISW
Boschen, K. (2005). The impact of being a support provider to a person living in the community with a spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 50(4), 397-407.
     Quantitative data was collected from a convenience sample of 100 self-selected spinal cord injury patients and their support providers (informal […]

Phil Ullrich, PhD; Marylou Guihan, PhD; and Frances M. Weaver, PhD
Abstract
     Pain and depression are common conditions among persons with SCI so it is surprising that very little is known regarding best practices for treating these conditions in this population. Various psychological treatment modalities have been shown to be efficacious for treating pain and depression […]

Support Group and Individual Psychotherapy Equally Effective in Reducing Depression During Rehabilition
Jennifer Duchnick, PhD; Sarah Asmussen, MS; and Nancy Cuevas-Soto, MSN, RN
Objectives:
Increased awareness of types of psychological treatment for depression availalable to rehabilition participants.
Increased familiarity with research design to evaluate group difference in treatment effectiveness.
Increased awareness of applications of research findings to clinical practice.
Introduction: Depression […]

Michelle A. Meade, PhD
ABSTRACTS
Krause, J. (1996). Secondary conditions and spinal cord injury: A model for prediction and prevention. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 2(2). 58-70.
Rehabilitation professionals are becoming increasingly concerned about the long-term consequences of spinal cord injury. After SCI, individuals are vulnerable to a wide array of secondary conditions, including skin sores, urinary […]

Kimberly Walters
     Spinal cord injury (SCI) is easily one of the most expensive injuries for an individual to sustain. It is also one of the most shocking and devastating. Like most accidents, SCI occurs within a matter of seconds; with an individual’s independence suddenly at the threshold of the injury. All too often, in every population […]

Susan Schaming McNiff, EdD, LPC, NBCC
     The incidence of spinal cord injuries (SCI) continues to rise, particularly with elementary, middle, and high school aged students. This article provides a foundation of knowledge and information for parents and educators, most especially the school counselor, in ascertaining that the most appropriate and beneficial opportunity for education and […]