Improving Functionality and Quality of Life
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September 16, 2010
September 3, 2010
Minister Moloney Welcomes Additional Funding For Suicide Prevention, Ireland
Mr John Moloney T.D., Minister for Disability and Mental Health noted the publication of the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) Annual Report for 2009...
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August 17, 2010
Combat Veterans Disabled by War
MacLean (2010) confirms that combat veterans can be disabled for life by their battlefield experiences, regardless of whatever 'pre-combat characteristics' they might have possessed.... MacLean, A. (2010) The Things They Carry: Combat, Disability, and Unemployment among U.S. Men. American Sociological Review, 75(4), 563-585. DOI: 10.1177/0003122410374085 The Thin
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August 2, 2010
Measuring the total impact of a health condition
When I think of the ‘cost’ of having a disability, I have to say I usually think about the effect of the disorder alone on the ability to do valued activities – I haven’t usually thought about the impact of the treatment itself on how people live their lives. I came across this paper by … Read more... Devins, G. (2010) Using the Illness Intrusivenes
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February 8, 2010
How long does it take to get there?
With so many people experiencing long term pain and disability, you’d think health care providers (and funders) would be doing all they could to make sure referrals to specialist centres were made as early as possible – and yet it’s still just not happening. I took a brief look through the referrals to our tertiary [...]... Bonezzi, C., Pitino, E., & Allegri, M. (2009)
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December 15, 2009
Gene identified as cause of some forms of intellectual disability
A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified. The gene is called TRAPPC9. and may be associated with hundreds of thousands of cases of intellectual disability world-wide.
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