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