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Approximately 28,000 transplantations are performed in the United States annually. Organ transplantation is an essential, last-resort treatment for patients with end-stage organ failure, though the wait for an organ and recovery from the transplant procedure can have a tremendous impact on patients’ physical and psychological health, occupation, and relationships. A multitude of factors, ranging from the threat of declining health to medication effects, put patients at a heightened risk for psychiatric illness and poor adjustment. Patients often require substantial adaptation in their lives before and after a transplant process. It is essential for transplant and interdisciplinary care teams to be aware of these risks in order to improve functioning and outcomes.

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  1. Aleda E. Lutz Saginaw Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1500 Weiss Street, Saginaw, MI, 48602, USA

    Adrienne L. West Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Maggi A. Budd

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Sigmund Hough

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Stephen T. Wegener

  4. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    William Stiers

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West, A.L. (2017). Transplants. In: Budd, M., Hough, S., Wegener, S., Stiers, W. (eds) Practical Psychology in Medical Rehabilitation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34034-0_22

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