A systematic review of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for child and adolescent burn patients
(2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
All Outputs (321)
Improving understanding about the impacts of appearance dissatisfaction: Training for educationalists and health care professionals (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression (2014)
Journal Article
Psychometric measures of appearance salience and valence, CARSAL and CARVAL, have been previously demonstrated to be key factors underpinning appearance related self-consciousness and negative affect in the general population. However, the extent to... Read More about Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression.
I don’t like the way I look: Psychological consequences of appearance norms (2014)
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The psychological impacts of looking different (2014)
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The psychosocial impact of ptosis as a symptom of myasthenia gravis: A qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate the psychosocial impact of ptosis as a symptom of Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Participants were recruited from a MG patient group on Facebook. 166 participants answered a series of open ended questions... Read More about The psychosocial impact of ptosis as a symptom of myasthenia gravis: A qualitative study.
Toward a reconsideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria in cleft lip and palate: Implications for psychological research (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: This article investigates the prevalence of conditions that affect cognitive and/or psychosocial functioning in 10-year-old children born with a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) and exp... Read More about Toward a reconsideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria in cleft lip and palate: Implications for psychological research.
CBT for appearance anxiety (2014)
Book
This clinical manual provides a CBT-based psychosocial intervention for use with individuals distressed about their appearance due to a disfigurement from birth, accident or illness, or those coping with another visible difference.
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When there is more than a cleft: Psychological adjustment when a cleft is associated with an additional condition (2014)
Journal Article
Background: In spite of studies reporting a relatively high frequency of additional conditions in children with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P), almost no research has focused on this clinically important subgroup. The objective of this study... Read More about When there is more than a cleft: Psychological adjustment when a cleft is associated with an additional condition.
The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis (2014)
Journal Article
PurposePtosis affects both the function and appearance of the eyes and face, because of drooping of the eyelids. Previous research has focused on functional impairment; however, similar appearance altering eye conditions have been demonstrated to hav... Read More about The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis.
The psychological impact of looking different (2013)
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Appearance-related outcomes in children with craniofacial microsomia (2013)
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The psychological care of patients with cleft lip and palate (2013)
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Living with a cleft: Psychological challenges, support and intervention (2013)
Book Chapter
© 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. All rights are reserved. Psychological adjustment to living with a cleft and its treatment is now understood to be both complex and labile. While many adjust well, this population has an increased risk for a... Read More about Living with a cleft: Psychological challenges, support and intervention.
The psychology of facial disfigurement (2013)
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Outcomes in adulthood. International task force ‘Holistic Outcomes’ (2013)
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Societal challenges facing people with facial differences (2013)
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Young people’s perceptions of visible difference (2013)
Journal Article
Visible facial differences (VFDs) can pose a number of psychosocial challenges for those affected by them. In particular, the experience of being stigmatised may have a harmful effect on the psychological adjustment of the individual concerned. This... Read More about Young people’s perceptions of visible difference.