Support Group and Individual Psychotherapy Equally Effective in Reducing Depression During Rehabilition
Jennifer Duchnick, PhD; Sarah Asmussen, MS; and Nancy Cuevas-Soto, MSN, RN
Objectives:
Increased awareness of types of psychological treatment for depression availalable to rehabilition participants.
Increased familiarity with research design to evaluate group difference in treatment effectiveness.
Increased awareness of applications of research findings to clinical practice.
Introduction: Depression […]

Eva Miller, PhD
     Over the past 20 years, research has begun to demonstrate support for comprehensive services for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and has become increasingly inclusive of sexuality concerns as legitimate components of the rehabilitation process (Fronek, Booth, Kendall, Miller, & Geraghty, 2005; Leibowitz, 2005; Tepper, Whipple, Richards, & Komisaruk, 2001). Unfortunately, […]

Susan Schaming McNiff, EdD, LPC, NBCC
     The incidence of spinal cord injuries (SCI) continues to rise, particularly with elementary, middle, and high school aged students. This article provides a foundation of knowledge and information for parents and educators, most especially the school counselor, in ascertaining that the most appropriate and beneficial opportunity for education and […]

Marcy Epstein, PhD; Kathie Albright, PhD; Colette Duggan, PhD; and Tara Jeji, MBA, MD
Introduction
The purpose of this paper is both substantive and methodological. Substantively, this paper focuses on a narrative study of the lives of women with spinal cord injury (SCI). Current national statistics indicate that women comprise 18.3% of the SCI population […]

Barbara Schoen, MA; Kathie J. Albright, PhD; and Claire Kalpakjian, PhD
Abstract
Qualitative data from in-depth interviews of 50 women with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) were analyzed with particular attention to its impact on social networks. Data was extracted from a pool of qualitative information collected in the context of a larger study examining stress over […]

Robert B. Bastanfar, MA; and Nancy Crewe, PhD, CRC, LP, ABPP
ABSTRACT
In an attempt to further qualitatively explore the psychosocial aspects of sexuality and disability, five men with spinal cord injury (SCI) were interviewed using a modified version of the Howland and Rintala (2001) open-ended interview questionnaire. Qualitative analysis of the interview transcripts […]