Young women with PD: a group work experience.
Parkinson's Disease (PD) prior to the age of 40 affects between 5-10% of the PD population. The psychosocial changes that patients with early PD encounter, may be more devastating and disabling than the actual motor disability. The paper describes a unique experience in groupwork with young female PD patients treated in the Movement Disorders Unit of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. The paper focuses on the special issues which characterized this group's experience: stigma, body and sexual image, and personality traits.
Posen
J
J
Department of Neurology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel. socwrk@tasmc.health.gov.il
Moore
O
O
Tassa
D S
DS
Ginzburg
K
K
Drory
M
M
Giladi
N
N
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011287:Prejudice; D012944:Social Support; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric