Posttraumatic stress disorder and occupational performance: building resilience and fostering occupational adaptation |
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Authors: | Lopez Alexander |
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Institution: | School of Health Technology and Management, Occupational Therapy Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8206, USA. alexander.lopez@stonybrook.edu |
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Abstract: | Resilience and vulnerability refer to an individual's capacity to persevere in the face of adversity. Resiliency and vulnerability are distinctive personal characteristics influenced by environmental factors such as socio-cultural and institutional contexts. Resiliency and vulnerability are not absolute; they are psychosocial constructs of a phenomenological continuum. Hence, a resilient individual is not invincible to all life events but has the capacity to endure in most circumstances. Clients who sustain traumatic injuries or witness traumatic events have a greater vulnerability to stress disorders like posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Occupational therapy practitioners should be cognizant of a client's resilient and adaptive capacities when providing services to a client who has endured a traumatic event. This paper explores resilience theory and its application to occupational therapy practice. |
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