Brain Injury Treatment: Theories And Practices

Description: 'Brain Injury Treatment: Theories and Practices' is a thorough and wide-ranging account of the rehabilitation of brain injury. Written from an international perspective, this book presents a detailed discussion of the basic science of brain injury. It explains the treatments used in brain injury rehabilitation and covers new methods of rehabilitation, including complementary medicine theories. It contains a wealth of information on different neurosurgical and neuropsychological treatments. It also includes a comprehensive reference to the theories underlying rehabilitation practices and chapters on community reentry and family dynamics following brain injury. It will be an invaluable tool to students from psychology, medicine, physical and occupational therapy studying the treatment and aftercare of people with brain injury. Table of Contents: Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury; Mild Brain Injury: Detecting High Risk Patients; Organization of Neurological Intensive Care Units; Current Concepts and Strategies on Early Neurohabilitation for Patients with Traumatic Injury (TBI); Electrical Treatment of Coma; Low-level responsive states; Diagnosing and treating affective disorders after brain injury; Sleep Disorders in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury; Rehabilitation of Equilibrium and Posture Control after Brain Injury; Neuropharmacological Management of Impairment after Traumatic Brain Injury; Spasticity of Cerebral Origin; Rehabilitation in Water; Neuropsychological Assessment of Persons with Acquired Brain Injury; Sevilla Neuropsychological test-Battery (BNS) for the assessment of Executive Functioning; Methods and Tools for the Assessment of Outcome after Brain Injury Rehabilitation; Assessment of Response Bias in Impairment and Disability Examinations; Rehabilitation of Cognitive Disorders after Acquired Brain Injury: The Combine Method (TCM); Neuropsychological Recovery: Children & Adolescents Following Traumatic Brain Injury; Medical Rehabilitation of TBI after Intensive Care; The holistic, multidisciplinary and intensive approach of treatment: the CRECER method; The Role of Stem Cells in the Rehabilitation of Brain Injury; Complementary Medicine and TBI; The Role of Family in the Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: Advocate or Co-Therapist; Return to Work after Brain Injury. Author Biography: University of Seville, Spain Clemenshospital, Germany the Medical College of Virginia