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Holding Resilience in Trust: Working Systemically With Families Following an Acquired Brain Injury.

Franca Butera-PrinziNella CharlesKaren Story
Published in: Journal of social work in disability & rehabilitation (2016)
The conceptualization of resilience following acquired brain injury needs to remain sensitive to the complex nature and enduring dimensions of trauma, loss, and stress. It is essential that a systemic and dynamic view be maintained with a focus on the key adaptation tasks that families face: grieving, restructuring, identity redefinition, and growing through adversity. These tasks are explored in a case example illustrating how these challenges reemerge across the life cycle. The key theme in this contribution is that resilience is a fluid property, a potential that practitioners and service systems can listen for, support, strengthen, and hold in trust.
Keyphrases
  • brain injury
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • life cycle
  • climate change
  • social support
  • working memory
  • cerebral ischemia
  • primary care
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • general practice
  • risk assessment
  • trauma patients
  • drug induced