Browse the latest research summaries in the field of mental health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2016 • February 1, 2016
The study aimed to identify depression trajectories during the first year after SCI and to determine baseline predictors of these trajectories. A cohort of 141 participants was assessed at 3, 6, 9, an...
KEY FINDING: Three distinct depression trajectories were identified: stable low depression (63.8%), mild to moderate depression (29.1%), and persistent moderate to severe depression (7.1%).
Rehabilitation Research and Practice, 2015 • November 19, 2015
This study investigated the impact of a tailored motivational interviewing (MI) training program on rehabilitation professionals working in a spinal cord injury (SCI) unit, focusing on empathy, burnou...
KEY FINDING: The study found that professionals in the SCI unit generally exhibited satisfactory empathy, job satisfaction, and low levels of burnout before the training.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2016 • May 1, 2016
This study aimed to translate and validate the Spinal Cord Injury Falls Concern Scale (SCI-FCS) for use in a Norwegian-speaking population of wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries. The translated...
KEY FINDING: All items showed satisfactory percentage agreement (≥69%) between test and retest, indicating good consistency in responses.
Rehabil Psychol, 2016 • February 1, 2016
The study examined the independent contributions of vulnerability and resilience factors to pain-related outcomes in individuals with chronic pain and physical disabilities. Results indicated that res...
KEY FINDING: Both resilience and vulnerability factors significantly contribute to pain outcomes.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 • February 19, 2016
The Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation aimed to identify best practices for treating pain in neurological rehabilitation, recognizing the importance of psychological treatment...
KEY FINDING: Cognitive—Behavioral Therapy, cognitive or behavioral techniques, Mindfulness, hypnosis, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Brief Interpersonal Therapy, virtual reality interventions, various forms of biofeedback and mirror therapy were found to be effective for pain reduction.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2017 • July 1, 2017
This case report presents a rare instance of acute spinal cord ischemia (ASCIS) in a young male following cannabis use. The patient's lack of traditional risk factors and the temporal proximity of can...
KEY FINDING: A 25-year-old male experienced ASCIS 20 minutes after smoking cannabis, with no other significant risk factors for stroke.
Int J High Risk Behav Addict, 2016 • March 1, 2016
This study evaluated the impact of family-centered problem-solving education (PSE) on relapse rates, self-efficacy, and self-esteem among 60 opium and heroin abusers. The intervention group, receiving...
KEY FINDING: Family-centered problem-solving education significantly increased self-esteem and self-efficacy among drug abusers.
Korean J Neurotrauma, 2014 • June 1, 2014
This retrospective study reviewed eight patients with vertebral burst fractures resulting from suicide attempts by jumping, admitted between 2003 and 2012. The study analyzed demographics, injury char...
KEY FINDING: The mean age of the patients was 26.5 years, and there were eleven vertebral burst fractures in eight patients.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2018 • May 1, 2018
This study developed and validated the SCI-QOL Pain Interference item bank and the SCI-QOL Pain Behavior scale, which are optimized for individuals with SCI. The measures were developed using qualitat...
KEY FINDING: The SCI-QOL Pain Interference item bank and the SCI-QOL Pain Behavior scale demonstrated robust psychometric properties.
PLoS ONE, 2016 • June 29, 2016
The study aimed to determine whether spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with a specific deficit in implicit motor sequence learning, using the serial reaction time (SRT) task to compare individual...
KEY FINDING: The SCI group did not show a decline in reaction time over the initial blocks of the SRT task, indicating impaired implicit learning.