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Mental Health Post Amputation (AM2024-OS16
2024 Annual Meeting Education Content
Keyword(s)
#AM2024, OS16, Mental Health, Amputation
Learning Objectives:
- Have a better understanding of mental health issues within the limb loss population, Learn strategies for helping patients through limb loss, and Understand available resources.
- Discuss the policy landscape, including current access and reimbursement challenges and proposed solutions for improving access to psychosocial services.
- Review the broad spectrum of psychological reactions following amputation, from standard to pathological.
Credit Information
1.75 CEUs for Certified Prosthetists
Author(s)
Katie Johnson, MS, CPO/L, Kierra Falbo, MPO, CPO, John Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D), Veronika Hanko, MD, Ashlie White, MA
Description
Limb loss can significantly impact many aspects of an individual. Persons with amputation not only physically lose a part of their body but also lose function, have a change in body image, and quality of life. As clinicians, we are focused on creating a device to improve mobility but being able to be aware of mental health struggles as well as provide resources for our patients is important.