Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Traumatic Brain Injury

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Epidemiology and Societal Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury

      • Tresa Roebuck-Spencer, Alison Cernich

      Pages 3-23

   3. Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes from Traumatic Brain Injury

      • Julie Griffen, Robin Hanks

      Pages 25-45

3. Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Bedside Evaluations

      • Mark Sherer, Joseph T. Giacino, Matthew J. Doiron, Allison LaRussa, Sabrina R. Taylor

      Pages 49-75

   3. Comprehensive Assessment

      • Thomas F. Bergquist, Maya Yutsis, Jackie L. Micklewright

      Pages 77-94

   4. Outcome Assessment

      • Nicholas J. Pastorek, Tracy L. Veramonti

      Pages 95-110

   5. Neuroimaging in Traumatic Brain Injury

      • Elisabeth A. Wilde, Jill V. Hunter, Erin D. Bigler

      Pages 111-136

4. Intervention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. A Systematic and Evidence-Based Approach to Clinical Management of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness

      • Joseph T. Giacino, Christopher G. Carter, Carrie Charney, Denise Ambrosi, Matthew J. Doiron, Seth Herman et al.

      Pages 139-156

   3. Behavioral Assessment of Acute Neurobehavioral Syndromes to Inform Treatment

      • Risa Nakase-Richardson, Clea C. Evans

      Pages 157-172

   4. Rehabilitation of Memory Problems Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury

      • Angelle M. Sander, Laura M. van Veldhoven

      Pages 173-190

   5. Rehabilitation of Attention and Executive Function Impairments

      • Keith D. Cicerone, Kacey Little Maestas

      Pages 191-211

   6. Social Communication Interventions

      • Margaret A. Struchen

      Pages 213-231

   7. Impaired Self-Awareness

      • Mark Sherer, Jennifer Fleming

      Pages 233-255

   8. Emotional Distress Following Traumatic Brain Injury

      • Allison N. Clark

      Pages 257-269

   9. Treating and Collaborating With Family Caregivers in the Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

      • Angelle M. Sander

      Pages 271-282

   10. Comprehensive Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Post-hospital Treatment Settings

       • James F. Malec

       Pages 283-307

5. Special Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309

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This book collects and synthesizes the latest thinking on the condition in its variety of cognitive and behavioral presentations, matched by a variety of clinical responses. Acknowledging the continuum of injury and the multi-stage nature of recovery, expert contributors review salient research data and offer clinical guidelines for the neuropsychologist working with TBI patients, detailing key areas of impairment, brief and comprehensive assessment methods and proven rehabilitation strategies. Taken together, these chapters provide a framework for best serving a wide range of TBI patients (including children, elders, and patients in multidisciplinary settings) and model treatment that is evidence-based and relevant. A sample of the topics featured in the Handbook:

• Bedside evaluations in TBI.
• Outcome assessment in TBI.
• Collaborating with family caregivers in the rehabilitation of persons with TBI.
• Behavioral assessment of acute neurobehavioral syndromes to inform treatment.
• Pediatric TBI: assessment, outcomes, intervention.
• Special issues with mild TBI in veterans and active duty service members.

 Expanding professional knowledge on a topic that continues to grow in importance, the Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Traumatic Brain Injury is a premier resource, not only for neuropsychologists but also for other professionals in cognitive care, and trainees entering the field.

• TBI
• Traumatic brain injury
• cognitive deficit
• concussion
• consciousness
• delirium
• memory
• rehabilitation
• speech pathology
• sports injury
• war injury

“The aim is to provide a handbook with practical, clinically useful information for the assessment and treatment of patients with TBI. The book is intended for clinical neuropsychologists, although anyone involved in neurorehabilitation may find it of interest.” (Christopher J. Graver, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2016)

“The aim of this book is to provide information about the latest cognitive and behavioral aspects of TBI and to guide clinicians in their response to and treatment of patients presenting with this problem. … Although the book is clearly for neuropsychologists, it also provides adequate reading material for a variety of disciplines involved in the assessment and treatment of patients with TBI, as well as students of those disciplines.” (Christopher J. Graver, Doody’s Book Reviews, October, 2014)

• TIRR Memorial Hermann, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, USA

  Mark Sherer

• Baylor College of Medicine/Harris Health System, Brain Injury Research Center, TIRR Memorial Hermann, Houston, USA

  Angelle M. Sander

Dr. Mark Sherer is senior scientist, director of research, and director of neuropsychology at TIRR Memorial Hermann. He is clinical professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Sherer is a board certified neuropsychologist with over 25 years experience as a clinician, administrator and educator in brain injury rehabilitation. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Sherer has served as principal investigator for grants on TBI recovery, impaired self-awareness, telephone counseling for persons with TBI, TBI community integration, and rehabilitation of brain tumor patients and currently serves as the principal investigator for the Texas TBI Model System of TIRR grant. He has published more than 100 articles and book chapters and has given numerous presentations to state, national,and international conferences. Dr. Sherer serves on editorial boards for Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, The Clinical Neuropsychologist and Rehabilitation Psychology. Dr. Angelle M. Sander is associate professor with tenure in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine and is director of TIRR Memorial Hermann’s Brain Injury Research Center. She is the project director for the NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Developing Strategies to Foster Community Integration and Participation for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. Previously, she was principal investigator for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Integration for Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). She is co-investigator for the Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System of TIRR and is principal investigator for the Model System Collaborative Project on Sexuality after TBI.Dr. Sander also serves as residency research director for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and as the neuropsychologist at Quentin Mease Community Hospital. She has a history of federal grant funding since 1997. Her areas of specialty include family adjustment to TBI, community integration of persons with TBI, intimacy after TBI, assessing and treating substance abuse in persons with TBI and ethnic diversity in outcomes. She has over 60 published articles, book chapters and abstracts, including 35 peer-reviewed articles.

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