title: Psychosocial impacts created by chronic illness.
abstract: One can ascertain, from this brief overview, that chronic illness can and does abuse an afflicted person's psychologic well-being, body image, sexuality, social identity, and occupational role. However, the alterations imposed on the chronically ill person by the disease can be dealt with in an effective manner. Health care providers need to examine with each patient what alterations are occurring, what changes might occur, and how the patient might effectively contend with and control each of these alterations. Although chronic illness is intrusive, it can be dealt with in an effective manner so that the afflicted person can lead a productive life.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001828:Body Image; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012917:Social Adjustment