Jennie Ponsford, Sue Sloan, Pamela Snow

Traumatic Brain Injury

Rehabilitation for Everyday Adaptive Living, 2nd Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Research into the rehabilitation of individuals following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the past 15 years has resulted in greater understanding of the condition. The second edition of this book provides an updated guide for health professionals working with individuals recovering from TBI.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9781848720275
• ISBN-10: 1848720270
• Artikelnr.: 34391241

Autorenporträt

Jennie Ponsford is Professor in the School of Psychology and Psychiatry at Monash University, and Director of the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre at Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Over the past 30 years she developed rehabilitation programmes and conducted research investigating outcomes following head injury and evaluating rehabilitative therapies. She has written two books and over 120 journal articles on the subject. Sue Sloan is an accredited Occupational Therapist and Clinical Neuropsychologist. She has worked in private practice for the past 15 years and provided community rehabilitation services to people with severe acquired brain injury. Sue also provides clinical supervision to students at Latrobe University and Monash University, Australia. Pamela Snow is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and Psychiatry at Monash University. She is a psychologist and speech pathologist, and has an extensive clinical and research history in the field of TBI, and a current research focus on language competence in high-risk adolescents.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mechanisms, recovery and sequelae of traumatic brain injury: a
foundation for the real approach 2. Assessing and managing impairment of
consciousness following traumatic brain injury 3. Assessment of
participation, activity and cognition following traumatic brain injury 4.
Managing cognitive problems 5. Communication competence following TBI:
assessment and management 6. Assessment and management of behaviour
problems 7. Returning to the community 8. Dealing with the impact of
traumatic brain injury on psychological adjustment and relationships 9.
Working with families 10. Traumatic brain injury in children 11. References