KIN354 Lecture 10: Kin354, lecture 10-Rehab
Document Summary
Two major aspects of injury/rehab that have involved psychological processes: 10 rehabilitation: occurrence of psychiatric disorders, pain and disability/responses to pain. Risky characteristics of military life: combat exposure, separation from support networks (family, unstable (moving) and stressful, living conditions even when not deployed. Veterans are a facet of those who access rehab: might go into the civilian stream or attend veteran-specific programs. The presence of mental health conditions causes difficulties with psychological function in everyday life: absenteeism/turnover at work, more difficulty dealing with injury-related pain and disability, can result in death (suicide) Both combat and peacekeeping missions result in direct exposure to scenes of death involving others, physical injury and transient/persistent sense of threat to life. 1 in 6 report symptoms of: substance abuse disorder, manic depressive disorder, panic disorder, ptsd, gad. Survey of those who had been deployed in service of the afghanistan mission: reporting lifetime and 12-month prevalence of mental disorders.
