The Importance of Cognitive Processing to Adjustment in the 1st Year Following Amputation

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-38

  Phelps, Lori F ^a   Williams, Rhonda M ^a,b   Raichle, Katherine A ^c   Turner, Aaron P ^a,b   Ehde, Dawn M ^b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; amputees; depression; posttraumatic stress disorder; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 40949133229     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.53.1.28     Document Type: Article

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