Neuropsychological Treatment After Brain Injury

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • David W. Ellis, Anne-Lise Christensen

      Pages 1-11

3. Theory and Intervention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Brain Injury: A Pathophysiological Basis for Neuropsychological Dysfunction

      • Jens Astrup

      Pages 15-38

   3. Issues in Behavioral Neurology and Brain Injury

      • David F. Long

      Pages 39-90

   4. Psychopharmacological Agents in the Treatment of Brain Injury

      • Gregory J. O’Shanick, Dean X. Parmelee

      Pages 91-104

   5. Traumatic Brain Injury and the Rehabilitation Process: A Psychiatric Perspective

      • Irwin W. Pollack

      Pages 105-125

   6. The Neuropsychological Investigation as a Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Technique

      • Anne-Lise Christensen

      Pages 127-153

4. Rehabilitation Programs: Application of Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Interventions in the Inpatient Setting

      • M. Elizabeth Sandel

      Pages 157-181

   3. Residential Treatment

      • Meredith M. Sargent

      Pages 183-219

   4. Concepts in Day Programming

      • Nathaniel H. Mayer, Daniel J. Keating

      Pages 221-237

5. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

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   2. Neuropsychotherapy

      • David W. Ellis

      Pages 241-269

   3. Structured Group Treatment for Brain-Injury Survivors

      • Yehuda Ben-Yishay, Phyllis Lakin

      Pages 271-295

   4. Long-Term Family Intervention

      • Harvey E. Jacobs

      Pages 297-316

   5. Management of Aggressive Behavior Following Traumatic Brain Injury

      • William J. Haffey, John W. Scibak

      Pages 317-360

6. Professional and Legal Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 361-361

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   2. Professional Issues in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

      • Lance E. Trexler

      Pages 363-377

   3. Legal Issues that Commonly Confront Brain-Injury Survivors and their Families

      • Simon H. Forgette

      Pages 379-407

DAVID W. ELLIS AND ANNE-LISE CHRISTENSEN 1 A BRIEF OVERVIEW In the past, most people who sustained catastrophic brain injury died. However, over the past several decades, sophisticated medical diagnostic techniques such as computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), along with advances in emergency trauma procedures and neurosurgical pro­ cedures (e. g., intracranial pressure monitoring), have dramatically increased the survival rates for people who have survived such trauma. At the same time, because of population growth, the number of victims of brain trauma (primarily automobile accidents) has also risen [1]. As a result of their injuries, many of these people have developed severe disabilities that affect their lives and the lives of everyone around them. For those who survive, and their families, mere survival is not enough. Attention must be paid to the quality of their lives after the traumatic event. During the past 15 years, there has been an increasing focus on the develop­ ment of treatment techniques for brain injuries. Although the principal focus of this text is on the neuropsychological (i. e., neurological and psychological) aspects of treatment-both theory and technique-the book is also directed towards the broad variety of issues that affect survivors, their families, health­ care professionals, and the social milieu.

• Management
• attention
• intervention
• neurology
• rehabilitation
• trauma

`This is a high level text, suitable as a reference source, or as an upper level undergraduate or graduate level text.'
The Jounal of Nervous and Mental Disease, June 1991
`... highly recommends that this book should be required reading for psychologists, whose clinical practice involves evaluating or treating brain-injured individuals and/or their families.'
Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 8/3

• Mediplex Rehab-Camden, Camden, USA

  David W. Ellis

• Center for Rehabilitation of Brain Damage, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  Anne-Lise Christensen

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