Social support and resource needs as mediators of recovery after facial injury.

Although many trauma centers provide excellent surgical care, little attention is paid to psychosocial needs and problems of posttrauma adaptation. Social support and resource needs have been identified as significant mediators of recovery after injuries. This article presents an overview of various social and material resources instrumental to psychological adjustment and recovery.

A proof of concept trial of an online psychoeducational program for relatives of both veterans and civilians living with schizophrenia.

Objectives: Family psychoeducation has been found to reduce relapse in schizophrenia but penetration rates are low. In this study, we evaluate the feasibility of an online multifamily group program for relatives of persons with schizophrenia that can be accessed from participants' homes.

Methods: We explored participation rates and evaluations of a 12-month multimodal website intervention.

The interplay of perceived social support and posttraumatic psychological distress following orofacial injury.

Social support is believed to mediate psychosocial recovery in vulnerable populations after trauma. In this study, we examine the relationships between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a cohort of 287 socio-economically disadvantaged adults with orofacial injury, using 3 waves of data collected over a period of 1 year after the injury. Using structural equation modeling process, we evaluated the cross-lagged effects between perceived social support (PSS) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.