Substance abuse. The silent saboteur in rehabilitation.
Clearly, substance abuse among traumatically disabled persons can potentially sabotage rehabilitation outcomes for this population. There is evidence that substance abusers will comprise a growing percentage of patients within rehabilitation programs. Rehabilitation professionals must examine their own attitudinal barriers toward making a substance-abuse program an integral part of comprehensive rehabilitation care. Rehabilitation nurses are in a unique position to assist the rehabilitation team to identify the need for development of a substance-abuse program.
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New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts.
D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*