Family Support Programs and Rehabilitation : A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury

Hamish P. D. Godfrey

ISBN 10: 1489902384 / ISBN 13: 9781489902382

Editore: Springer US, Springer New York, 2013

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The permanent effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are not limited to the person who suffers the injury. People who care for the individual, particularly family members, suffer in various ways. Family members are often confused as to the behavioral and neuropsychological changes that they see in a brain-injured rela tive. They can become frustrated and angry when the individual does not return to premorbid levels of functioning. They can become tired and worn down from repeated problems in trying to manage the individual's difficulties while having only fragmented information regarding them. Drs. Smith and Godfrey have provided a useful service for family members by summarizing important neuropsychological changes associated with TBI and providing practical guidelines for coping with these problems. While the neuropsychological problems they describe are not completely understood, the authors provide a useful description of many of the neuro behavioral problems seen following TBI in young adults. They attempt to provide guidelines for family members that have practical utility in understanding and managing these patients. Theirs is a cognitive-behavioral approach that can have utility for this group of individuals. I applaud their efforts to provide something systematic and practical for family members.

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• Titolo: Family Support Programs and Rehabilitation : A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury
• Editore: Springer US, Springer New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1489902384
• ISBN 13: 9781489902382
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 235 L x 155 A x 14 P (millimetri) 235 millimetri di larghezza per 155 millimetri di altezza per 14 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 371 grammi

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The permanent effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are not limited to the person who suffers the injury. People who care for the individual, particularly family members, suffer in various ways. Family members are often confused as to the behavioral and neuropsychological changes that they see in a brain-injured rela­ tive. They can become frustrated and angry when the individual does not return to premorbid levels of functioning. They can become tired and worn down from repeated problems in trying to manage the individual's difficulties while having only fragmented information regarding them. Drs. Smith and Godfrey have provided a useful service for family members by summarizing important neuropsychological changes associated with TBI and providing practical guidelines for coping with these problems. While the neuropsychological problems they describe are not completely understood, the authors provide a useful description of many of the neuro­ behavioral problems seen following TBI in young adults. They attempt to provide guidelines for family members that have practical utility in understanding and managing these patients. Theirs is a cognitive-behavioral approach that can have utility for this group of individuals. I applaud their efforts to provide something systematic and practical for family members.

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`[The authors'] book is a welcome addition to our body of knowledge that we can pass on to family members in an effort to assist them in coping with a loved one who has suffered traumatic injury to the brain.'
from the Foreword by George Prigatano, Barrows Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona