Main description:

This volume provides comprehensive international coverage of neuropsychological rehabilitation. It contains scientific discussions of dynamic brain changes (genetics, structure, physiology and hormones) plasticity of the central nervous system, functional reorganization and brain repair in response to treatment in all stages, and emphasizes acute care of early and precise diagnostics. It is intended for clinicians, professionals and students in neuropsychology, health psychology, rehabilitation, behavioral neurology, occupational and physical therapy.

Contents:

Preface. Foreword; D.N. Cope.
Acute Care Management & Brain Recovery. 1. Guidelines for Acute Head Injury Management; C. Kock-Jensen, G.M. Teasdale. 2. Brain Injury and Theories of Recovery; D.G. Stein. 3. Neuroimaging Evidence of Diaschisis and Reorganization in Stroke Recovery; G. Deutsch, J.M. Mountz.
Neuropsychological Assessment. 4. Nature, Applications and Limitations of Neuropsychological Assessment Following Traumatic Brain Injury; M.D. Lezak. 5. European Brain Injury Questionnaire (EBIQ); G. Deloche, et al. 6. Novel Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Frontal Lobe Dysfunctions; E. Goldberg, D. Bougakov.
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 7. Principles of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: a Brief Overview; G.P. Prigatano. 8. Post-Acute Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: a Holistic Perspective; Y. Ben-Yishay. 9. Empirical Support for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation; L.E. Trexler. 10. Neuropsychological Post-Acute Rehabilitation; A.-L. Christensen.
Regional Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Programs. 11. A Rehabilitation Program for Stroke; L. Diller. 12. The Therapeutic Milieu Approach; E. Daniels-Zide, Y. Ben-Yishay. 13. Milieu-Based Neurorehabilitation at the Adult Day Hospital for Neurological Rehabilitation; P. Klonoff, et al. 14. Models and Programs of the Center for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Fifteen Years Experience; L.E. Trexler, et al. 15. The Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: a Partnership Between Healthcare and Rehabilitation Research; B.A. Wilson, et al. 16. INSURE Program and Modifications in Finland ; M.-L. Kaipio, et al. 17. CRBI at the University of Copenhagen ; C. Caetano, A.-L. Christensen. 18. The Delta Group Experience: TBI in France ; P. North, et al. 19. Neuropsychological Pediatric Rehabilitation at Sarah Network in Brazil; L.W. Braga, A. Campos da Paz, Jr.
Planning and Financial Aspects of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 20. TBI Rehabilitations as an Integrated Task of Clinicians and Families: Local and National Experiences; A. Mazzucchi, et al. 21. Cognitive Rehabilitation During the Industrialization of Rehabilitation; L. Diller. 22. The Phase Model of Neurological Rehabilitation in Germany; P.M. Schoenle. 23. State financed rehabilitation in Denmark; M. Pinner.
State of the Art at the End of the 1990s Decade of the Brain. 24. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation; B.P. Uzzell.