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Social Skills and Physical Disability

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Behavioral Medicine

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Medical and physical rehabilitation of persons with major medical disorders such as spinal cord injury has progressed to the point where normal life spans are expected and physical mobility problems no longer interfere with leading a full life (Mesard, Carmody, Mannarino, & Ruge, 1978). Such advances in medical andhysical rehabilitation may be insufficient however, unless accompanied by efforts to facilitate patients’ psychosocial rehabilitation.One study (cited by Morgan, 1972, p. 37) has shown that in a comparison of two very similar spinal cord injury rehabilitation programs, the one that offered an augmented psychosocial program in addition to medical treatment resulted in patients who maintained their hospital-learned physical gains in the first 90 days after discharge. Of the group that received medical treatment only, 50% deteriorated in the same time period.

Preparation of portions of this manuscript was supported in part by grants from the Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center (numbers 1963-03, 3582-01, and 3582-03) and by the Veterans Administration Cooperative Studies Program (CSP #143).

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