| Description |
xii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Setting the Scene. 1. Patients and Their Problems. 2. Principles and Practices of Rehabilitation -- II. Living with Memory Disorders. 3. Jack: Coming to Terms with Amnesia. 4. Jay: Compensating for Amnesia. 5. Alex: Some Recovery, Return to Work, and Marriage Following Anoxic Brain Damage -- III. Memory and other Cognitive Problems. 6. Clive: The Man Who Continues to Have Just Woken Up. 7. Martin: A More Complete Human Being. 8. Lorna: Cognitive Decline and Myotonic Dystrophy. 9. Jason: Learning to Be Independent After Encephalitis -- IV. Language Impairment. 10. Bill: Learning to Communicate with Symbols Five Years After a Stroke. 11. Laurence: Listening to the Message and Not the Words. 12. Ron: Picking Up the Pieces -- V. Remediation of Acquired Disorders of Reading. 13. Ted: The Man Who Could Read "Astrocytoma" but Not "Dog," 14. Derek: Relearning to Read After a Gunshot Wound. 15. Jenny: Regaining Quality of Life Following a Horseback Riding Accident |
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VI. Perceptual and Visuospatial Problems. 16. Paula: Fear of Physiotherapy and Problems Recognizing Objects After a Severe Head Injury. 17. Kirsty: A Case of Optic Aphasia, Associative Agnosia, or Semantic Memory Impairment? 18. Richard: A Socially Skilled Young Man Despite Severe Memory and Perceptual Difficulties. 19. Dolly: Learning to Attend to the Left Side of Space -- VII. Behavior and Self-Care Skills. 20. Jim: Improving Concentration and Reducing Behavior Problems. 21. Angela: Improving the Self-Care Skills of a Woman with Quadriplegia and Dysarthria. 22. Sarah: Learning Some Self-Care Skills After an Anesthetic Accident. 23. Conclusions |
| Summary |
After an introduction to the current theories and research findings related to brain injury rehabilitation, this text presents 20 case studies of adults who sustained severe brain damage caused by traumatic head injuries, encephalitis, stroke, hypoxia, and other conditions. Problems that accompany such injuries are analyzed in detail; these include loss of self-care skills, memory impairment, and language, reading, visuoperceptual and behavioral difficulties. The chapters describe the lifestyle of each individual before the onset of brain damage and the subsequent symptoms, neuropsychological assessment, rehabilitation, and long-term outcome of their condition. The exhaustive analysis of each case and a step-by-step description of management will serve as an inspiring and informative guide for students, professionals and other caregivers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-376) and index |
| Subject |
Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies.
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Clinical neuropsychology -- Case studies.
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Brain Injuries -- rehabilitation.
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Brain Injuries -- psychology.
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Brain Injuries -- psychology.
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Brain Injuries -- rehabilitation.
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| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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| LC no. |
98023697 |
| ISBN |
0195065980 (alk. paper) |
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