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Book SynopsisThis vivid book presents 20 case studies of adults with severe brain injury. It describes the premorbid lifestyle of each of these individuals, the onset of their brain damage, subsequent symptoms, neuropsychological assessment, rehabilitation, and long-term outcome.
Trade Review"By focusing on the individual human being with a memory or language or perceptual or behavioral disorder and including examples of her own failed treatments, Wilson paints a picture of neuropsychological rehabilitation that is very true to life. By providing these examples of her resourceful and very personal treatment along with her patients reactions, adjustments and long-term outcomes, Wilson inspires clinicians engaged in their day-to-day attempts to help individuals with cognitive disorders..."From Barbara A. Wilson, Oxford University Press, 1999." "...guided by a firm foundation in scientific theory, while maintaining the flexibility and creativeness characteristic of an art."--JINSVol.7, Iss.4
Table of ContentsPart I: Setting the Scene 1: Patients and their Problems 2: Principles and Practices of Rehabilitation Part II: Living with Memory Disorders 3: Jack: Coming to Terms with Amnesia 4: Jay: Compensating for Amnesia 5: Alex: Some recovery, Return to Work and Marriage Following Anoxic Brain Damage Part III: Memory and Other Cognitive Problems 6: The Man Who Continues to Have Just Woken Up 7: Martin: A Complete Human Being 8: Lorna: Cognitive Decline and Myotonic Dystrophy 9: Jason: Learning to Be Independent After Encephalitis Part IV: Language Impairment 10: Bill: Learning to Communicate with Symbols Five Years After a Stroke 11: Laurence: Listening to the Message and Not the Words 12: Ron: Picking Up the Pieces Part V: Remediation of Acquired Disorders of Reading 13: Ted: The Man Who Could Read "Astrocytoma" But Not "Dog" 14: Derek: Re-learning to Read After a Gunshot Wound 15: Jenny: Regaining Quality of Life Following a Horse Riding Accident Part VI: Perceptual and Visuospatial Problems 16: Paula: Fear of Physiotherapy and Problems Recognizing Objects After a Severe Head Injury 17: Kirsty: A Case of Optic Aphasia, Associative Agnosia or Semantic Memory Impairment? 18: Richard: A Socially Skilled Young Man Despite Severe Memory and Perceptual Difficulties 19: Dolly: Learning to Attend to the Left Side of Space Part VII: Behavior and Self-Care Skills 20: Jim: Improving Concentration and Reducing Behavior Problems 21: Improving the Self-Care Skills of a Woman with Quadriplegia and Dysarthria 22: Sarah: Learning Some Self-Care Skills After an Anaesthetic Accident
