All Outputs (321)

Body image and disfigurement: Issues and interventions (2004)
Journal Article

Whether present at birth, congenital or acquired later in life, a visible disfigurement can have a profound psychological impact upon the individual concerned. Difficulties include adverse effects on body image, quality of life, and self-esteem. In a... Read More about Body image and disfigurement: Issues and interventions.

Practical and ethical aspects of research in health psychology (2004)
Book Chapter

Getting started: the practicalities of doing research (2004)
Book Chapter

Exploring the psychosocial concerns of out-patients with disfiguring conditions (2003)
Journal Article

Objective: This study was undertaken to establish the extent and type of psychosocial need in outpatients attending for treatment for a variety of disfiguring conditions.
Method: A total of 220 outpatients receiving treatment for burns, skin condit... Read More about Exploring the psychosocial concerns of out-patients with disfiguring conditions.

Skin scarring: new insights may make adjustment easier (2003)
Journal Article

Skin scarring is a clinical problem that can cause many psychological and social difficulties—some as a result of the cause of the scarring (for example, trauma), some related to the effects (for example, itching), and many to the appearance of the s... Read More about Skin scarring: new insights may make adjustment easier.

The psychological effect of mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction: a prospective, multi-centred study (2003)
Journal Article

A multicenter, prospective study (n = 103) examined the psychological implications of women's decisions for or against breast reconstruction. Recognized measures of anxiety, depression, body image, and quality of life were completed before the operat... Read More about The psychological effect of mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction: a prospective, multi-centred study.

The psychological effect of mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction: A prospective, multicenter study (2003)
Journal Article

A multicenter, prospective study (n = 103) examined the psychological implications of women's decisions for or against breast reconstruction. Recognized measures of anxiety, depression, body image, and quality of life were completed before the operat... Read More about The psychological effect of mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction: A prospective, multicenter study.

The psychosocial needs of patients with disfiguring eye conditions (2003)
Journal Article

Psychosocial distress associated with disfiguring eye conditions (2003)
Journal Article

Purpose of study. Visible disfigurement is associated with a range of psychosocial difficulties; however, the problems encountered by patients with eye conditions are under-researched. This study aimed to establish the extent and type of psychosocial... Read More about Psychosocial distress associated with disfiguring eye conditions.

Exploring the psychosocial concerns of outpatients with disfiguring conditions (2003)
Journal Article

Investigating the appearance related concerns of people with hand injuries (2003)
Journal Article

Investigating the appearance-related concerns of people with hand injuries (2003)
Journal Article

An investigation of the appearance-related concerns of patients with disfiguring hand conditions was carried out in two out-patient clinics. A considerable proportion of the 122 respondents were experiencing psychosocial problems including anxiety, d... Read More about Investigating the appearance-related concerns of people with hand injuries.

Disfigurement – neglected in primary care? (2003)
Journal Article

The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural interventions provided at outlook: A disfigurement support unit (2002)
Journal Article

Rationale, aims and objectives: The establishment and evaluation of a disfigurement support unit (Outlook), based in a district general hospital is described. Methods: The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural interventions provided for 36 adults re... Read More about The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural interventions provided at outlook: A disfigurement support unit.

Body image & congenital conditions with visible differences (2002)
Book Chapter

Body image change in disfiguring congenital conditions (2002)
Book Chapter

Altered body-image: meeting the psychosocial needs of patients with ‘minor’ changes in appearance (2002)
Journal Article

The psychosocial aspects of disfiguring conditions (2002)
Journal Article

Beauty & the doctor: Moral issues in health care with regard to appearance - Report to the European Commission: Research on bioethics (2002)
Report

I don’t like the way I look: psychosocial needs of children with craniofacial conditions and their peers (2002)
Journal Article