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Predicting Depression Among Family Caregivers
Timothy R. Elliott, Ph.D, ABPP, Laura E. Dreer, PhD, Richard Shewchuk, PhD, Jack W. Berry, PhD, and Patricia Rivera, PhD
Objectives:

Participants will understand the necessity for applying diagnostic criteria in assessing depression among family caregivers.
Participants will learn the observed percentage of family caregivers who are at risk for major depressive disorder.
Participants will […]

Eva Miller
Natural disasters have been relatively common across America since its inception, yet after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and in 2005, Hurricane Katrina, Americans have begun to realize that none of us are exempt from the possibility of having to face catastrophic disasters. […]

Marylou Guihan, PhD
Clark, F. A., Jackson, J. M., Scott, M. D., Carlson, M. E., Atkins, M. S., Uhles-Tanaka, D., Rubayi, S. (2006) Daily-living contexts of adults with spinal cord injury: Data-based models of how pressure ulcers develop in daily-living contexts of adults with spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 87(11):1516–1525.
Abstract
     Clark […]

Kimberly A. Walters

I am a T-5 complete spinal cord injury (SCI) survivor since 1993. Assistive technology (AT), paradoxically, paralyzed me for life, then it saved my life, and then it allowed me to regain my independence.
Prior to my automobile accident, I, of course, could not foresee the various roles AT would play in my life. […]

Jeff Canar, PhD
     The importance of understanding uncertainty in illness as a predictor of psychological discomfort, an awareness of the unpredictability of certain illnesses, and the relationship between that uncertainty and emotional toll of coping with the illness is an important framework when working with individuals diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. There is a considerable degree […]

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 […]

Sara J. Klaas, MSW, C-ASWCM and Kally Schneider, BA
    Sustaining a spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event and it is particularly tragic for a child or an adolescent who has barely had an opportunity to experience life. Of the approximately 10,000 individuals who sustain spinal cord injury each year in the United States, three […]

Calendar of Events, Continuing Education, Conferences and Links
With SCI Psychosocial Process now in an electronic format it will be much easier for you to click onto links for more information about upcoming events. One caveat however, is that the twice yearly journal makes it more difficult to present information in a timely fashion.
If you […]

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 […]

     Mather LifeWays, based in Evanston, Illinois, and founded in 1941 by entrepreneur and humanitarian Alonzo Mather, is committed to providing a continuum of living and care; making neighborhoods better places for older adults to live, work, learn, contribute, and play; and identifying, implementing, and sharing best practices for wellness, workforce issues, memory care support, […]