Acquired Brain Injury
Introduction
Regardless of etiology, such as accident, tumor, stroke or assault, acquired brain injury presents numerous challenges for survivors, caregivers and treating professionals. Interdisciplinary and integrated evaluations, treatment, and management can mean the difference between successful recovery and unfortunate outcomes.
The first book to present a comprehensive team approach to rehabilitation of ABI survivors, Acquired Brain Injury gives medical and clinical specialists a deeper understanding of not only each others' roles, but also their complementary functions.
-The medical management of ABI—neurosurgery, neurology, physiatry—and the medical specialties involved—neuropsychiatry, neurourology, and neuro-optometry
-In-depth discussion of the roles of occupational, speech-language, and balance therapies
-Separate chapters on nursing, neuropsychology, and case management
-Behavioral and emotional challenges common to individuals with ABI
-The importance of addressing family needs
-Long-term challenges
-Case examples throughout illustrating a wide range of injuries, symptoms, and stages of recovery
Based on the editors’ combined experience of more than 40 years in the neuro-rehabilitation field, this comprehensive volume clarifies rehabilitation goals and processes for the physician, rehab specialist, the advanced student, and patients’ advocates. With ABI so prevalent—roughly 1.5 million new cases per year—this book couldn’t be more timely.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (16 Chapter)
1. Front Matter
Pages I-VIII
2. Introduction
Pages 1-3
3. Neurosurgery and Acquired Brain Injury
Pages 4-17
4. Physiatry and Acquired Brain Injury
Pages 18-38
5. The Role of the Neurologist in Assessment and Management of Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury
Pages 39-63
6. Voiding and Sexual Dysfunction after Acquired Brain Injury
Pages 64-80
7. Neuropsychiatry and TraumaticBrain Injury
Pages 81-121
8. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Pages 122-145
9. The Role of the Neuro-Rehabilitation Optometrist
Pages 146-175
10. Nursing Care of the Neuro-Rehabilitation Patient
Pages 176-187
11. Case Management in the Neuro-Rehabilitation Setting
Pages 188-199
12. Balance and Vestibular Rehabilitation in the Patient with Acquired Brain Injury
Pages 200-214
13. The Role of the Occupational Therapist on the Neuro-Rehabilitation Team
Pages 215-237
14. Rehabilitation of Speech, Language and Swallowing Disorders
Pages 238-258
15. Counseling Individuals Post Acquired Brain Injury
Pages 259-274
16. Acquired Brain Injury and the Family
Pages 275-285
17. Long-Term Challenges
Pages 286-292
18. Back Matter
Pages 293-298
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Bibliographic information
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37575-5
Copyright Information: Springer 2007
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science
Print ISBN:978-0-387-37574-8
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-37575-5
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