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Title Psychological well-being and acquired communication impairments / edited by Shelagh Brumfitt
Published Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) : illustrations
Contents Evaluation of anxiety and depression in people with acquired communication impairments / Shirley Thomas -- Brain injury and psychological well being / Camilla Herbert -- The role of self esteem issues in acquired communication impairments / Shelagh Brumfitt -- The role of well being in quality of life for the person with acquired communication impairments / Madeline Cruice -- The visual analog mood scales / Robert Stern -- Interdisciplinary approaches to the assessment and management of well being / Jane Barton -- Psychological approaches to working with people in the early stages of recovery / Shonagh Scott & Jane Barton -- Group therapy : an interprofessional approach / Diane Brown and Mairi Knox -- Solution focussed brief therapy for people with acquired communication impairments / Kidge Burns
Summary Psychological Well-being and Acquired Communication Impairments is an essential resource for all health professionals working with this complex client group. It offers a unique multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, looking at the evidence base as well as clinical practice. The book covers both the assessment of people with acquired communication impairments as well as reviewing the available interventional approaches. Chapters cover such key topics as approaches to the assessment of anxiety and depression, the impact of brain injury, the role of an assessment of mood and the role of self
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Communicative disorders -- Psychological aspects
Mental health.
Speech Disorders -- psychology
Mental Health
Speech Disorders -- therapy
Speech Therapy -- methods
Speech Therapy -- psychology
mental health.
Mental health
Communicative disorders -- Psychological aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Brumfitt, Shelagh
ISBN 9780470749302
047074930X