Living with Physical Disability and Amputation
by Dr Keren Fisher
According to the Department of Health, there are 8.7 million physically disabled people in the UK. Of these, some 460,000 people have spinal cord injuries and / or amputations. Acquiring a disability brings specific problems, not just in terms of confidence, self-esteem, and adapting to a new physical reality, but of the recognized medical phenomenon of limb disconnection, which involves a mismatch between the brain’s actual representation of the body shape and its physical appearance. There is plenty of mythology around ‘phantom limbs’ and similar, but this book takes an evidence-based look at the reality, and uses cognitive behavioural therapy and other methods to deal with it.
Dr Keren Fisher is a consultant clinical psychologist specializing in disability and chronic pain, at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London.
New Publication
128pp
216 x 138 mm
ISBN: 978-1-84709-076-8
Price: £7.99
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