Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims (eBook)

Early Risk Identification, Intervention, and Prevention

Robert J. Gatchel, Izabela Z. Schultz (Herausgeber)

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2006 | 2009
XV, 566 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-28919-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Chronic back and neck pain. Whiplash. Fibromyalgia. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Intractable headaches. Depression. Anxiety and posttraumatic stress. Concussion. More than ever, the term workplace disabilities is synonymous with greater clinical and case management complexity and escalating personal, social, occupational and economic cost. Complex illnesses and injuries that defy a traditional medical management model continue to baffle medical, mental health, rehabilitation, compensation, corporate, and legal professionals despite new advances in diagnosis, prevention, and rehabilitation. The Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims: Early Risk Identification, Intervention and Prevention cuts through the confusion by integrating current theories and findings into a state-of-the-art tool for critical thinking, decision making, and effective practice.

A book that synthesizes so many diverse viewpoints has the potential to influence both policy and practice across disciplines and cut through politicization of these still poorly understood conditions with evidence. The Handbook is important reading for all clinicians, professionals, and members of rehabilitation and disability management teams, across healthcare, occupational and compensation settings.

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Chronic back and neck pain. Whiplash. Fibromyalgia. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Intractable headaches. Depression. Anxiety and posttraumatic stress. Concussion. More than ever, the term workplace disabilities is synonymous with greater clinical and case management complexity and escalating personal, social, occupational and economic cost. Complex illnesses and injuries that defy a traditional medical management model continue to baffle medical, mental health, rehabilitation, compensation, corporate, and legal professionals despite new advances in diagnosis, prevention, and rehabilitation. The Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims: Early Risk Identification, Intervention and Prevention cuts through the confusion by integrating current theories and findings into a state-of-the-art tool for critical thinking, decision making, and effective practice.This clear-sighted, interdisciplinary and integrative volume goes beyond cataloguing symptoms or sorting legitimate from fraudulent cases-its emphasis is on early detection of risk and management to prevent injury from developing into long-term disability. Editors Schultz and Gatchel and their 49 expert contributors offer lucid evaluations of the scientific and clinical literature to repair the mind/body split that has traditionally defined this field: (1) Conceptual and methodological issues in the prediction of disability. (2) Biopsychosocial perspectives on the most prevalent disabling conditions, including  chronic pain syndromes, repetitive strain injuries, depression, anxiety, traumatic brain injury, and posttraumatic stress disorder. (3) Application of clinical findings to the rehabilitation, disability management, occupational and compensation arenas, and return-to-work practices. (4) In-depth discussion of the relationship between impairment and work disability. (5) Specific evidence-based early intervention approaches for workers and patients at risk.A book that synthesizes so many diverse viewpoints has the potential to influence both policy and practice across disciplines and cut through politicization of these still poorly understood conditions with evidence. The Handbook is important reading for all clinicians, professionals, and members of rehabilitation and disability management teams, across healthcare, occupational and compensation settings.

Inhalt

Contributors 5
Preface 8
Contents 11
Introduction 14
CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN PREDICTION OF DISABILITY 17
Do We Have a Disability Epidemic? 18
Impairment and Occupational Disability in Research and Practice 36
Models of Diagnosis and Rehabilitation in Musculoskeletal Pain- Related Occupational Disability 53
Readiness for Return to Work Following Injury or Illness 76
Prediction of Occupational Disability 101
Musculoskeletal Injury 125
Outcome Measures in Prediction of Occupational Disability 148
Tailoring Psychosocial Treatment for Patients with Occupational Disability 158
PREDICTION OF DISABILITY IN PAIN- RELATED AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 173
A. PREDICTION OF CHRONIC PAIN DISABILITY 174
Determinants of Occupational Disability Following a Low Back Injury 174
Biopsychosocial Multivariate Predictive Model of Occupational Low Back Disability 195
Whiplash and Neck Pain-Related Disability 207
Disability in Fibromyalgia 221
Musculoskeletal Disorders, Disability, and Return- to- Work ( Repetitive Strain) 234
Predicting Disability from Headache 258
B. PREDICTION OF DISABILITY AFTER HEAD INJURY 276
Prediction of Disability after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury 276
Prediction of Vocational Functioning from Neuropsychological Data 305
C. PREDICTION OF DISABILITY AFTER PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA 317
The Role of Individual Factors in Predicting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 317
Posttraumatic Stress Disability after Motor Vehicle Accidents 335
Disability Following Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 344
The Prediction of Occupational Disability Related to Depressive and Anxiety Disorders 371
APPLICATION OF DISABILITY PREDICTION IN COMPENSATION, HEALTH CARE, AND OCCUPATIONAL CONTEXTS 385
Secondary Prevention in Health-Care and Occupational Settings in Musculoskeletal Conditions Focusing on Low Back Pain 386
Biopsychosocial Factors in Complex Claims for Disability Compensation 404
Secondary Gains and Losses in the Medicolegal Setting 419
Evidence-Informed Best Practices for Injured Workers at Risk for Disability at the Subacute Stage 440
EARLY INTERVENTION WITH AT- RISK GROUPS 458
Early Interventions for "At Risk" Patients with Spinal Pain 459
Working with the Employer 475
An Early Screening and Intervention Model for Acute and Subacute Low Back Pain 485
The CtdMAPTM Intervention Program c for Musculoskeletal Disorders 498
WHERE ARE WE NOW AND WHERE ARE WE HEADED? 516
Research and Practice Directions in Risk for Disability Prediction and Early Intervention 517
Index 534

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.6.2006
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 566 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
• Schlagworte: Anxiety • Depression • Diagnosis • Evaluation • Focusing • Intervention • Management • Mind • Rehabilitation • Stress • Syndrom • Team • Trauma
• ISBN-10: 0-387-28919-4 / 0387289194
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-28919-9 / 9780387289199