Psychological Screening, Standards and Spinal Cord Injury: Introducing Change in NHS England Commissioned Services.

Psychologist resourcing across the United Kingdom (UK) spinal cord injury centres (SCICs) varies considerably, which has detrimentally impacted standardising service provision for people with spinal cord injuries/disorders (PwSCI/D) compared with other nations. This paper presents the outcome of a project involving the Spinal Cord Injury Psychology Advisory Group (SCIPAG) and NHS England Clinical Reference Group/SCI transformation groups to agree upon screening and standards and shares data from the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) and the Yorkshire and Midlands Regional SCICs. Inpatients completed the GAD-7, the PHQ-9, and the short form of the Appraisals of DisAbility: Primary and Secondary Scale (ADAPSSsf), assessing adjustment.

Individual's experiences of adjusting to changes in body image after spinal cord injury: a literature review and thematic synthesis.

Purpose: To understand how individuals experience and adjust to changes in body image after spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: A systematic search using four databases identified eleven articles that met the inclusion criteria. The studies were critically appraised to determine quality.

An exploration of cognitive appraisals following spinal cord injury.

This study explored the cognitive appraisals that people make following spinal cord injury (SCI) about their situation and their ability to cope with it. Appraisals are thought to be important in determining individual responses to different events and have been shown to predict psychological well-being following injury. A cross-sectional interview study was used.