Brain Injury Treatment: Theories and Practices is a thorough and wide-ranging account of the rehabilitation of brain injury.
Written from an international perspective, this book presents a detailed discussion of the basic science of brain injury. It explains the treatments used in brain injury rehabilitation and covers new methods of rehabilitation, including complementary medicine theories. It contains a wealth of information on different neurosurgical and neuropsychological treatments. It also includes a comprehensive reference to the theories underlying rehabilitation practices and chapters on community reentry and family dynamics following brain injury.
It will be an invaluable tool to students from psychology, medicine, physical and occupational therapy studying the treatment and aftercare of people with brain injury.
Author(s): Jose Leon-carrion, Klaus Von Wild, George Zitnay
Series: Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition
Edition: 1
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 608
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
From the series editor......Page 14
List of contributors......Page 16
List of tables and figures......Page 19
Note......Page 24
1. Prehospital management of traumatic brain injury......Page 26
2. Mild brain injury: Detecting high-risk patients......Page 42
3. Organization of neurological intensive care units......Page 53
4. Current concepts and strategies on early neurorehabilitation for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI): A model project according to the guidelines of the German Task Force on Early Neurological–Neurosurgical Rehabilitation......Page 88
5. Electrical treatment of coma: Experience in the eastern USA and central Japan......Page 105
6. Low-level responsive states......Page 142
7. Diagnosing and treating affective disorders after brain injury......Page 169
8. Sleep disorders in patients with traumatic brain injury......Page 188
9. Rehabilitation of equilibrium and posture control after brain injury: The NeuroBird method......Page 212
10. Neuropharmacologic management of impairment after traumatic brain injury......Page 230
11. Spasticity of cerebral origin......Page 255
12. Rehabilitation in water: A practical guide......Page 275
13. Neuropsychological assessment of persons with acquired brain injury......Page 300
14. Sevilla Neuropsychological Test Battery (BNS) (version 2.0) for the assessment of executive functioning......Page 338
15. Methods and tools for the assessment of outcome after brain injury rehabilitation......Page 356
16. Assessment of response bias in impairment and disability examinations......Page 379
17. Rehabilitation of cognitive disorders after acquired brain injury: The Combined Method (TCM)......Page 410
18. Neuropsychological recovery in children and adolescents following traumatic brain injury......Page 426
19. Medical rehabilitation of TBI after intensive care......Page 466
20. The holistic, multidisciplinary, and intensive approach of treatment: The CRECER method......Page 494
21. The role of stem cells in the rehabilitation of brain injury......Page 509
22. Complementary medicine and TBI......Page 518
23. The role of family in the rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury patients: Advocate or co-therapist......Page 538
24. Return to work after brain injury......Page 552
Index......Page 576
