Overview
Presents a comprehensive team approach to rehabilitation of ABI survivors
Clarifies the complementary roles of the team members
Includes examples of outstanding, inspirational client recoveries
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- acquired brain injury
- neuro-rehabilitation
- traumiatic brain injury
- neurosurgery for brain injiury
- rehabilitation team
- brain injury rehabilitation
- balance therapy for brain injury
- occupational therapy for brain injiury
- neuro-ophthalmology and brain injury
- robotics in acquired brain injury
- virtual reality in acquired brain injury
- concussion management
- recovery from brain injury
- families of brain injured patients
- noninvasive brain stimulation
- stem cell research for brain injury
- novel treatments for acquired brain injury
- rehabilitation psychology
About this book
Featured in the coverage:
- The role of Robotics in acquired brain injury
- A comprehensive chapter on physical therapy in ABI
- Outstanding recoveries woven together by a video news producer who recovered from a meningioma
- State of the art updates on neurosurgery, neurology, physiatry, neuropsychiatry and neuro-optometry.
- Updated chapters on neuropsychology, speech-language and occupational therapies including new technology and approaches as well as evidence based practices
- Psychosocial challenges and treatment following ABI
- The importance of family as team members
- Post rehabilitation options and experiences
Acquired Brain Injury: An Integrative Neuro-Rehabilitation Approach, 2nd edition provides clarity and context regarding the rehabilitation goals and processes for rehabilitation specialists, interdisciplinary students of neuro-rehabilitation as well as practicing clinicians interested in developing their knowledge in their field.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Jean Elbaum is the Director of Transitions of Long Island, an interdisciplinary outpatient neuro-rehabilitation program which she has been devoted to since the program’s inception in 1988, specializing in individual and family counseling as well as memory rehabilitation. Her clinical experience is with clients with all sub-types of acquired brain injuries. She specializes in educational/vocational re-entry, including reintegration to high level careers. Dr. Elbaum obtained three degrees from New York University: her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology and her doctorate in rehabilitation counseling. Dr. Elbaum is an adjunct graduate professor at New York University, psychology department and has a faculty appointment at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Acquired Brain Injury
Book Subtitle: An Integrative Neuro-Rehabilitation Approach
Editors: Jean Elbaum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16613-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16612-0Published: 01 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16615-1Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16613-7Published: 22 July 2019
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: VIII, 369
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery