Minor Head Trauma

1. Front Matter

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2. Minor Head Trauma: An Overview

   • Sarita R. Schapiro, Robert Thayer Sataloff, Steven Mandel

   Pages 1-4

3. The Neuropathology of the Minor Head Injury Syndrome

   • Serge Duckett, Stephane Duckett

   Pages 5-13

4. Emergency Management of Head Injury

   • Neal Little

   Pages 14-32

5. Imaging of Cranioencephalic Trauma

   • Carlos F. Gonzalez, Sonia Bermudez

   Pages 33-66

6. The Electroencephalogram in Minor Brain Injury

   • Mercedes P. Jacobson, Michael R. Sperling

   Pages 67-85

7. Neuropsychological Sequelae of Minor Head Trauma

   • Sarita R. Schapiro, Thomas Swirsky Sacchetti

   Pages 86-106

8. Psychiatric Aspects of Minor Brain Injuries

   • David Rubinstein

   Pages 107-122

9. Sleep Abnormalities Following Head Trauma

   • Karl Doghramji, Joyce Zinsenheim

   Pages 123-141

10. Post-Traumatic Headache Syndrome

    • Arnold Sadwin, Robert Rothrock, Steven Mandel, Donna Sadwin, Lori O’Leary

    Pages 142-158

11. Neurotologic Evaluation and Treatment Following Minor Head Trauma

    • Robert Thayer Sataloff, Joseph R. Spiegel

    Pages 159-202

12. Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

    • Anthony Farole

    Pages 203-224

13. Olfactory Consequences of Minor Head Trauma

    • Joseph R. Spiegel, Mark Frattali

    Pages 225-234

14. Visual Sequelae of Closed Head Trauma

    • Edward W. Gerner

    Pages 235-244

15. Cervical Spine Injury Associated with Minor Head Trauma

    • Donald L. Myers, Francisco Batlle, Sanford Davne, Steven Mandel

    Pages 245-260

16. The Role of the Speech- Language Pathologist in the Treatment of Mild Brain Injury: A Community- Based Approach

    • Rhona Paul-Cohen

    Pages 261-271

17. Identification and Remediation of Cognitive- Communication Impairments Following Mild Head Trauma

    • Kathryn Tomlin, Lana Liberto

    Pages 272-289

18. Cognitive Rehabilitation

    • Lana Liberto, Kathryn Tomlin, Karen Lutz, Lynn Nash, Sarita Schapiro

    Pages 290-305

19. Community and Vocational Re-Entry in Minor Head Injury

    • Karen Lutz, Lynn Nash

    Pages 306-317

20. Family Adjustment to Minor Traumatic Brain Injury

    • Paul R. Sachs

    Pages 318-335

Minor Head Trauma describes and explains techniques for diagnosing, evaluating, and rehabilitating patients with minor head injuries. This book emphasizes the importance of long-term treatment of patients beyond the initial moments of injury and treatment in the emergency room. Minor Head Trauma offers insight on: - a range of related issues from emergency room management to psychiatric evaluation and rehabilitation; - the role of electrophysiological testing in patients - including BEAM techniques; - the subtleties of neurophysiological diagnosis; - neurotoxicological evaluation and treatment; - diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders; - the nature and pathogenesis of visual sequelae of head injury; - the speech-language pathologist's role in treating minor head injuries; - the complexities of rehabilitation including problems faced when the patient resumes normal community, professional and familial activities. Minor Head Trauma is intended for physicians, psychologists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, nurses, attorneys, and others faced with the challenges of evaluating and treating patients who have sustained minor head trauma.

• emergency
• head injury
• rehabilitation
• trauma

• Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, USA

  Steven Mandel

• Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

  Robert Thayer Sataloff

• Behavioral Rehabilitation Services, Jenkintown, USA

  Sarita R. Schapiro

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