title: Vulnerability and alcohol and substance abuse in spinal cord injury.
abstract: Alcohol and substance abuse are methods of coping with the losses experienced as a result of spinal cord injury. Applying the concept of vulnerability to this population is useful to assess those spinal cord injured individuals at risk for developing these maladaptive coping mechanisms. The concept of vulnerability also can be used in planning interventions during initial hospitalization to help these individuals avoid the development of or relapse into alcoholism and/or substance abuse.
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authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bozzacco
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*