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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Nicole Steinbüchel

    1. Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, München 2, Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. Detlev Yves Cramon

    1. Städtisches Krankenhaus München-Bogenhausen, München 81, Federal Republic of Germany

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  3. Ernst Pöppel

    1. Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, München 2, Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  3. Controversial Concepts of Rehabilitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. A Neurobehavioural Approach to Brain Injury Rehabilitation

      • R. L. Wood
      Pages 51-54

    3. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and the Problem of Altered Self-Awareness

      • G. P. Prigatano
      Pages 55-65

    4. Setting up a Neurorehabilitation Unit

      • N. Brooks
      Pages 66-70

    5. Discussion: Controversial Concepts of Rehabilitation

      • A.-L. Christensen
      Pages 71-75
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The neuropsychological rehabilitation of patients with brain in­ juries presents a new challenge for medicine and psychology. In any society patients who have suffered a stroke or a traumatic brain lesion constitute a large group requiring special therapy; even nowadays only a small group of these patients obtain adequate rehabilitational support. Brain injuries may lead to loss or impair­ ment of functions like language, sight, memory, attention, emo­ tional control, or movement, and such impairments are usually ac­ companied by handicaps in the patient's daily life. Every attempt should be made to improve functional competence and the pa­ tient's capacity to cope with their disability and handicap. In recent years, the aim of much research in the basic sciences has been to gain insight into the mechanisms of restitution of function, partly by trying to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms that are initiated by a traumatic event. However, in spite of this broad research initiative into recovery of function and the possibilities of cognitive remediation, our knowledge is still rather limited, with respect to both the neurobiological mecha­ nisms that may underlie functional plasticity and the factors that may account for neuropsychological rehabilitation. In spite of these shortcomings, we would like to stress that progress can only be expected if an intense research effort is made to unite the con­ cepts and results from the basic sciences with the practical demands of neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, München 2, Federal Republic of Germany

    Nicole Steinbüchel, Ernst Pöppel

  • Städtisches Krankenhaus München-Bogenhausen, München 81, Federal Republic of Germany

    Detlev Yves Cramon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

  • Editors: Nicole Steinbüchel, Detlev Yves Cramon, Ernst Pöppel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77067-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-54769-3Published: 06 August 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-77067-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 264

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Psychology, general, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Neurosurgery

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