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Posttraumatic Growth and Spirituality After Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Joanna Collicutt McGrath
Joanna Collicutt McGrath*
Affiliation:
Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. joanna.collicutt@hmc.ox.ac.uk
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*Address for correspondence: Joanna Collicutt McGrath, Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TD, United Kingdom.
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Abstract

This article introduces the concept of posttraumatic growth and briefly reviews the limited number of empirical studies on posttraumatic growth in survivors of brain injury. The relationship between posttraumatic growth and psychological understandings of human spirituality is then explored and it is argued that posttraumatic growth is a type of spirituality that is of particular theoretical and practical interest to healthcare professionals. Specific aspects of the situation of people with acquired brain injury are then considered in this light and some suggestions are made for the integration of spiritual care aimed at supporting personal resilience and promoting posttraumatic growth into rehabilitation practice.

Keywords

posttraumatic growthbrain injurystrokespiritualityrehabilitationtranscendence
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Brain Impairment , Volume 12 , Issue 2: SPECIAL ISSUE: Adopting a Growth Perspective in Brain Injury Research: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings , 01 September 2011 , pp. 82 - 92
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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