Handbook of Head Trauma Acute Care to Recovery

Handbook of Head Trauma Acute Care to Recovery / edited by Charles J. Long, Leslie K. Ross.

Providing a thorough collection of information regarding clinical aspects of head injury from acute care to recovery, this treatise interrelates a variety of neural specialties and broadens the rehabilitation process to include the family.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Long, Charles J. (Editor), Ross, Leslie K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edition:1st ed. 1992.
Series:Critical Issues in Neuropsychology,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
Clinical psychology.
Neuropsychology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Background Issues of Head Injury
  • 1 Management and Evaluation of Head Trauma
  • 2 Initial Management of Head Trauma
  • II. Neuropsychological Assessment of Head-Injured Individuals
  • 3 Use of History in Neuropsychological Assessments
  • 4 Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients with Epilepsy
  • 5 Neuropathology and Neuropsychology of Behavioral Disturbances following Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 6 Using a Model of Cognitive Function to Plan Cognitive Treatment: An Axial Model of Brain Function
  • 7 Cognitive Sequelae in Closed Head Injury
  • III. Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation
  • 8 Acute Rehabilitation of the Head-Injured Individual: Toward a Neuropsychological Paradigm of Treatment
  • 9 The Use of Pharmacology in the Treatment of Head-Injured Patients
  • 10 Cognitive Rehabilitation after Head Trauma: Toward an Integrated Cognitive/Behavioral Perspective on Intervention
  • 11 Memory Rehabilitation
  • 12 The Efficacy of Attention-Remediation Programs for Traumatically Brain-Injured Survivors
  • 13 The Executive Board System: An Innovative Approach to Cognitive-Behavioral Rehabilitation in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 14 Computer-Assisted Cognitive Remediation of Attention Disorders following Mild Closed Head Injuries
  • IV. Outcome Prediction following Head Injury
  • 15 Recovery from Head Trauma: A Curvilinear Process?
  • 16 Neuropsychological Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury in the Intensive Care and Acute Care Environment
  • 17 Traumatic Brain Injury: Outcome and Predictors of Outcome
  • V. Individual Therapy and Family Issues in Rehabilitation
  • 18 Group Psychotherapy with Brain-Damaged Adults and Their Families
  • 19 Family Involvement in Cognitive Recovery following Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 20 Closed Head Injury and Family Structure: Factors Contributing to Dysfunctional Dynamics
  • VI. Vocational Evaluation and Job-Oriented Rehabilitation
  • 21 Vocational Evaluation and Planning
  • 22 Job-Oriented Rehabilitation
  • 23 Neurological Impairment and Driving Ability
  • 24 Forensic Issues in Head Trauma: Neuropsychological Perspectives of Social Security Disability and Worker’s Compensation.

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