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- Title
Krankheitsbewältigung und Psychotherapie bei Patienten nach Amputation.
- Authors
Lange, C.; Heuft, G.
- Abstract
Psychology is often neglected or glossed over in most works dealing with the rehabi-litation of the amputee. Treating the psychological and social problems faced by the amputee often has more significance for his -satisfaction with life than the quality of the surgery or the nature of his prosthetic device. In the following paper, a complex model for the biopsychosocial adaptation after amputation is presented. In this model, the important diagnostic criteria in interaction with specific individual coping strategies are formulated, which explain the difficult psychosocial adaptation. Professional diagnosis and further indication are necessary on an individual basis. The main goal of every intervention is the psychic stabilization of the patient by taking into account his personal resources. Because of the complex somatic, social, and psychic problems which arise after an amputation, thorough cooperation between specialists is recommended.
- Publication
Der Orthopäde, 2001, Vol 30, Issue 3, p155
- ISSN
0085-4530
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001320050589