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    Rehabilitation Studies

    Rehabilitation refers to the restoration of an individual to a previous a health status. Thus, in terms of health care, it can refer to the many different facets of health – it can refer to drug rehabilitation, physical rehabilitation and psychiatric rehabilitation.

    Drug rehabilitation is a term for the process of medical therapeutic treatment for the dependency on substances such as alcohol and street drugs, such as cocaine and heroine. Drug and alcohol addicts suffer not only in terms of their health but also their status, as they may find it hard to adjust to the norms of society. Therefore rehabilitation focuses not only on the physiological dependence, but also the social re-integration.

    Physical rehabilitation focuses on restoring optimal function to people with injuries to the muscles, bones, tissues and nervous system. Conditions that are treated by rehabilitation therapists include amputation, sports injuries, spinal cord injuries and stroke. Some people may not be able to achieve full restoration of level of function. In those cases, the emphasis is on optimization of the quality of life and learning to function within limitations placed upon them by their condition.

    Psychiatric rehabilitation restores the functioning and well-being of an individual diagnosed with a mental disorder and who may be considered to have a psychiatric disability. It often includes evoking changes in a person's environment and their ability to deal with the environment to help improve symptoms. 

    It should be emphasized again that the aim of rehabilitation is to achieve wellness, whether it is in health or social integration. It is extremely important to restore individuals to a normal and useful life.

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    Hearing, Speech and Language Science

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    Hearing, Speech and Language Science refers to the study of these comprehension areas for students with language learning disabilities.

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    Occupational Therapy refers to treatments and interventions used to develop or recover occupational skill sets for individuals with a physical or mental condition.

    Disability and Community Wellness

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    Disability refers to the repercussions of an impairment in either the physical, mental, emotional or developmental (or a combination of these) aspects of health.

    Prosthetics and Orthotics

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    Both Prosthetics and Orthotics refer to the study of artificial devices that help develop or recover physical functions, either by replacing a missing body part or enhancing an already existing body part.

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    Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Research article (article link below): http://ptjournal.apta.org/content/89/12/1275.full.pdf+html Help in> *Discussing the research topic with Aim/hypothesis of article *Describing the authors reasons for conducting the study *Identifying the broad research strategy adopted with Justification (whether non-experimental,