Coping with Chronic Illness and Disability: Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Aspects

by Erin Martz (Editor), Hanoch Livneh (Editor)

This book synthesizes the expanding literature on coping styles and strategies by analyzing how individuals with CID face challenges, find and use their strengths, and alter their environment to fit their life-changing realities. The book includes up-to-date information on coping with high-profile conditions, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injury, in-depth coverage of HIV/AIDS, chronic pain, and severe mental illness, and more.

456 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007