title: Visual impairment: facing possible blindness.
abstract: Blindness real or threatened often constitutes a major crisis for the eye patient. This paper discusses the use of crisis intervention during the acute phase of medical care to support the coping patterns of the patient and his family and prepare them for the rehabilitation tasks ahead.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000523:psychology*; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology