Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (4)

Living with a cleft: Psychological challenges, support and intervention (2013)
Book Chapter
Rumsey, N., & Stock, N. M. (2013). Living with a cleft: Psychological challenges, support and intervention. In S. Berkowitz (Ed.), Cleft lip and palate: diagnosis and management (907-915). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30770-6_45

© 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.

Not such a quick fix: Defining the challenges and myths associated with disfigurement (2013)
Journal Article
Stock, N. M. (2013). Not such a quick fix: Defining the challenges and myths associated with disfigurement. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2013.2.6.302

One in five people have an appearance that is considered 'different' to the normal population. This can have a profound impact on the lives of those affected and their families and partners. Nicola Stock, Research Associate at the Centre for Appearan... Read More about Not such a quick fix: Defining the challenges and myths associated with disfigurement.

Young people’s perceptions of visible difference (2013)
Journal Article
Stock, N. M., Whale, K., Jenkinson, E., Rumsey, N., & Fox, F. E. (2013). Young people’s perceptions of visible difference. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 10(1), 41-51

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.