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Psychosocial intervention in stroke: Families in Recovery from Stroke Trial (FIRST)
T A Glass1, B Dym, S Greenberg
1Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. tglass@jhsph.edu
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|May 29, 2000
Abstract:
A family-focused psychosocial intervention for stroke survivors is described and illustrated with case studies. It is designed to improve functional recovery through four specific pathways: increased knowledge, efficacy, and control through stroke education; optimized social support; increased network cohesion; and improved problem-solving abilities. Rationales for these pathways are presented and methods of implementing them discussed.