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Predictors and diagnosis of adjustment disorder in a middle-aged patient with cholangiocarcinoma
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Hund B, Reuter K, Härter M, et al. Stressors, Symptom Profile, and Predictors of Adjustment Disorder in Cancer Patients. Results from an Epidemiological Study with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, Adaptation for Oncology (CIDI-O). Depression and Anxiety. 2016;33(2):153. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22441
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The Continuing Problem of Continuing Concealment – Ignoring the Language and Policy of § 727(a)(2)(A)
Get PDFUnderstanding Life with Dementia through Life Story Work
No full textThis article outlines a phenomenological study that used video-recorded life story work with ten older people who had dementia diagnoses. The aim of the study was to understand what it is like to live with dementia.
Using life story work allowed me to understand how the individual’s past experiences have shaped their current experiences of living with dementia. While these past experiences were unique to each participant, their stories about life with dementia shared many similarities. Namely, experiencing a change in their identity, displaying resilient traits, wanting to be accepted as a “person with dementia,” and feeling isolated as their condition deteriorates.
Capturing their stories in video format allowed me to gift copies of their life story back to the participants, which they can use in care plans or as keepsakes
Using Story to Stitch One’s Self into the Mystic
No full textThe experience of living in residential or “institutional” care settings commonly offers older adults and people with disabilities little control of time. This personal, creative essay shares examples from several large-scale projects that aimed to create opportunities for elders, staff, artists, and volunteers to play together with mythic time through stories whose lives span centuries. Inviting people with cognitive challenges to play with archetypal stories, from the Odyssey to Peter Pan, and remake them anew deemphasizes what can feel like an oppressive chronology of daily life in favor of the expansive awe of mythic time
On Storytelling by Michael Wilson
No full textStorytelling, by Michael Wilson. Emerald Publishing, 2022. ISBN: 9781839097591. $19.99, paperback
