PSYC33H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Situation Two, Psychological Stress, Essar Group
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Lecture 7: adjustment to abi patient and family. Initial reactions to have a serious chronic condition ( Most patients use retreat as a base of operation , contacting reality a bit at a time until they reach some form of adjustment. A model describing a variety of factors that influence how people adjust to having a serious. Three stages of coping are influenced by these three factors: (1) illness-related; (2) Background and personal; and (3) physical and environmental factors. Enduring and represents an impairment in functioning. Diagnosis can result in a turning point in one"s life. Results in a disruption in established pattern of personal and social functioning which produces a state of physical, psychological, and social disequilibrium. Adaptations: finding new ways of coping with drastically altered circumstances and restoring equilibrium. Progressive illnesses: need for person to adjust to each significant change in functioning. There are two types of adaptive tasks:
