@article{ref1,
title="Posttraumatic stress disorder and occupational performance: Building resilience and fostering occupational adaptation",
journal="Work",
year="2011",
author="Lopez, Alexander",
volume="38",
number="1",
pages="33-38",
abstract="Resilience and vulnerability refer to an individual's capacity to persevere in the face of adversity. Resiliency and vulnerability are distinctive personal characteristics influenced by environmental factors such as socio-cultural and institutional contexts. Resiliency and vulnerability are not absolute; they are psychosocial constructs of a phenomenological continuum. Hence, a resilient individual is not invincible to all life events but has the capacity to endure in most circumstances. Clients who sustain traumatic injuries or witness traumatic events have a greater vulnerability to stress disorders like posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Occupational therapy practitioners should be cognizant of a client's resilient and adaptive capacities when providing services to a client who has endured a traumatic event. This paper explores resilience theory and its application to occupational therapy practice.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1051-9815",
doi="10.3233/WOR-2011-1102",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2011-1102"
}