Psychosocial Intervention: Exam 2 Flashcards

1
Q

How can an injury affect an athlete?

A

Psychologically and sociologically and it can be just as debilitating as physical aspects

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2
Q

What must the sports medicine team understand about psychosocial aspects?

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Understanding of how psyche, emotions, and feelings enter into the treatment process

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3
Q

What 2 types of heal must an ATC insure before returning to play?

A

Physical and psychological

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4
Q

Short term injury

A

<4 weeks

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5
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Long term injury

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> 4 weeks

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6
Q

Chronic injury

A

Recurring

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7
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Terminating injury

A

Career ending

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8
Q

What other factors must an ATC account for besides the details of an injury itself? (5)

A
  • support system
  • mental health
  • history of injury
  • stage in career/ season
  • position/ role on team
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9
Q

Kubler-Ross’s Model of Reaction to Death and Dying

A

DABDA (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance)

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10
Q

Cognitive appraisal

A

Consideration of an athlete’s personal and situational factors and how those influence their appraisal of the situation

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11
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Emotional response

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Anger, depression, ect

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12
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Behavioral response

A

Compliance with rehab

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13
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How might an athlete feel following an injury?

A

Alienated from the team

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14
Q

What relationships can become strained following an injury?

A
  • teammates
  • coaches
  • friends
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15
Q

Where can an athlete find support?

A
  • sports psychologist and support groups

- others that have gone through similar rehab

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16
Q

How does a sports psychologist help an athlete?

A
  • prevent feeling of negative self worth and loss of identity
  • stress the importance of remaining a teammate
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17
Q

Rehab’s role in support

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  • incorporate sports specific drills
  • increase levels of efforts if it feels more relevant
  • allow athlete to gain appreciation of skills necessary to return to play
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18
Q

Predictors of injury

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Some psychological traits may predispose athletes to injury although not one personality type but risk takers are usually “more injury prone”

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19
Q

Acute stress

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Threat is immediate and response instantaneous

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20
Q

Chronic stress

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Leads to an increase in blood corticoids from adrenal cortex

21
Q

What can happen when an athlete is removed from sport because of injury?

A

It can be devastating and can impact attaining goals

22
Q

What can lead to pain and disability?

A

Fear and anxiety about injury

23
Q

What does coping depend on?

A

Cognitive appraisal

24
Q

What are some stressors in an athletes life?

A
  • sports
  • expectations
  • work
  • academics
  • family
  • relationships
  • media scrutiny
25
Q

How does mental state affect competition?

A

It can play a part in injury (distracted, angry, frustrated, sad, apathetic)

26
Q

How must an ATC play a counseling role?

A
  • emotions, conflicts, personal problems
  • frustrations, fears, crises
  • professional referral
27
Q

When does overtraining happen?

A

Physical load> coping capacity

28
Q

What can overtraining lead to?

A

Staleness and burnout

29
Q

How should staleness be treated?

A
  • early recognition
  • implement short interruption in training
  • complete withdrawal can result in sudden exercise abstinence syndrome
30
Q

Burnout

A

Syndrome related to physical and emotional exhaustion leading to negative concept of self, job, and sports attitudes, and loss of concern for feeling so others

31
Q

What stems burnout?

A

Overwork **can effect ATC and impact physical health

32
Q

How should ATC react to athletes with injury?

A
  • ATCs are not usually trained in counseling
  • respond to individual and not the injury
  • initially, “emotional first aid” will be required
  • sports med team must be understanding and be prepared to answer patients concerns
33
Q

Catastrophic injury

A

Permanent functional disability

34
Q

Where should intervention be directed for a catastrophic injury?

A

Toward the psychological impact of the trauma and the ability of the athlete to cope

35
Q

How will a catastrophic injury affect a persons functioning?

A

It will profoundly affect all aspects

36
Q

Where should teammate be considered during a catastrophic injury?

A

It can have major effects on teammates and the ATC must be cognizant on that fact

37
Q

Why must an ATC remain detached from an injury?

A

The ATC must make decisions regarding care and management of the injury based on training and it emotional attachment cannot cloud their judgement

38
Q

What can an ATC do post-injury to help with their emotional stress?

A

Outside counseling in order to assist in coping

39
Q

What should be taken into consideration for successful rehab?

A

Patient’s psyche

40
Q

Rapport

A

The existence of mutual trust and understanding

41
Q

What can encourage cooperation?

A

Educate the patient on healing and recovery process

42
Q

How should the pace of rehab be set?

A

Setting and attaining goal and capitalizing on competitive nature of most athletes

43
Q

What must an athlete do as well as feeling free to vent and ask questions?

A

Take responsibility

44
Q

How should you explain the injury?

A

In a way that is understandable and relatable

45
Q

What must an ATC do concerning anxiety?

A

Understand it and be prepared to counteract or cope with it

46
Q

What must and ATC be able to do concerning mental illnesses?

A

Recognize problem, know limitations, and make a referral

47
Q

What is a mental illness?

A

Any disorder that affects the mind or behavior

48
Q

Examples of mental disorders

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  • anxiety
  • mood disorders
  • eating disorders
  • personally disorders (OCD)