AIM's Writing for Healing: A Workshop for Individuals Living With Paralysis

Description

The UAB Institute for Arts In Medicine (AIM) is currently implementing an expressive emotional writing pilot project for adults with paralysis caused by neurological conditions such as traumatic head or spinal cord injury.

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries, Multiple Sclerosis, Transverse Myelitis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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The UAB Institute for Arts In Medicine (AIM) is currently implementing an expressive emotional writing pilot project for adults with paralysis caused by neurological conditions such as traumatic head or spinal cord injury.

AIM's Writing for Healing: A Workshop for Individuals Living With Paralysis

AIM's Writing for Healing: A Workshop for Individuals Living With Paralysis

Condition
Spinal Cord Injuries
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Birmingham

354 School of Health Professions Building, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Age 18 or older with paralysis living in the community
  • 2. limb paralysis resulting from a traumatic event/accident or neurological disease (e.g., spinal cord injury, head injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Transverse myelitis, poliomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, and Guillain-Barré syndrome etc) happened after childhood
  • 3. a non-traumatic spinal cord injury may be caused by arthritis, cancer, inflammation, infections or disk degeneration of the spine
  • 4. caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • 5. able to communicate verbally or through writing
  • 1. known maladaptive behavioral patterns, exhibition of overt psychotic symptoms (e.g., presence of hallucinations, delusions, or thought disorders)
  • 2. congenital (e.g., spinal bifida, cerebral palsy)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Study Record Dates

2027-03-28