Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888799145 ISBN 13: 9781888799149

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

Because most people who are diagnosed with MS are between the ages of 15-55 years, the disease has a significant impact, not only on the individual with the disease, but also on the family members and loved ones whose lives are interwoven with them. Families experiencing multiple sclerosis often find themselves in uncharted territory. Prior patterns of interacting with each other may no longer work; roles often shift with dramatic emotional impact; guilt, anger, sadness, and a sense of burden may create a barrier to intimacy, joy, growth, and family unity. There are ways out of this debilitating situation, and many families have restored their balance, humor, productivity and family solidarity. Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families can lead the way for your family to strengthen its coping skills and to receive targeted information about the disease and its ramifications.

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Review

"...exceptionally reader-friendly and is a good resource for professionals as well as lay readers...Each chapter provides excellent additional readings, and there is an appendix of recommended resources. I highly recommend this invaluable guide." -- Inside MS "...This practical, complete, and highly readable guide is must reading for anyone confronting this debilitating illness personally or in a loved one." -- The Bookwatch "...a dynamic and extremely useful and usable book for both families living with MS and the professionals who assist them. " -- From the Foreword by Nancy Holland, Ed.D., National Multiple Sclerosis Society "...a complete, highly readable guide that addresses all of the issues multiple sclerosis brings to the family....essential, critically important reading for anyone with MS, their families and their friends." -- The Midwest Book Review "...will help MS suffers and their loved ones prepare for the impact of MS, keep the lines of communication open, devise coping strategies, and give MS no more space in the household than it needs." -- PA Today

About the Author

<P>Dr. Rosalind Kalb, a clinical psychologist, is Director of the Professional Resource Center at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in New York, where she develops and provides educational and consultation services to clinicians who care for people with MS. In her private clinical practice, she specializes in the needs of individuals and families living with chronic illness and disability. She serves on the editorial board of several publications, including the <I>International Journal of MS Care</I>. </P>

Edition details

• Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1888799145
• ISBN 13: 9781888799149
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Kalb Ph.D. Rosalind