Chronic Illnesses: Causes, Management,

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Chronic Illnesses Causes, Management, Coping

• Chapter 13

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Initial Reactions to Having a Chronic Condition

• Shock
• Encounter reaction
• Denial

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Coping with a Health Crisis

• Life adjustments
• Crisis theory
• Illness-Related Factors
• Background and Personal Factors
• Social Environmental Factors
• Coping

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Asthma

• What Is Asthma?
• Physiology, Causes and Effects
• Medical Regimens for Asthma
• Psychosocial Factors in Asthma

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Epilepsy

• Nature
• Types
• Grand mal or tonic-clonic attacks
• Petit mal or absence seizures
• Medical Regimens
• Psychosocial Factors

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Nervous System Injuries Spinal cord injury

• Functional types
• Quadriplegia
• Paraplegia
• Short-term and long-term effects
• Physical Rehabilitation
• Psychosocial Aspects

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Nervous System Injuries Closed Head Injury

• Coup, Contrecoup
• Injuries
• Deficits
• Physical
• Cognitive
• Psychological
• Executive
• Rehabilitation

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Diabetes

• Hyperglycemia
• Types of Diabetes
• Type I or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• Type II or non-insulin-dependent diabetes
  mellitus
• Health Implications

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Diabetes

• Medical Regimens
• Adherence
• Psychosocial Factors
• Childhood Diabetes

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Arthritis

• Rheumatic diseases
• Types of Arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Gout
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Effects Treatment
• Progression
• Medications
• Self-help

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Alzheimer's Disease

• Alzheimer's disease
• Characteristics
• Causes Course
• Treatment

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Psychosocial Interventions for People with
Chronic Conditions

• Education and Support Services
• Relaxation and Biofeedback
• Cognitive Approaches
• Insight Therapy
• Family Therapy