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Acknowledgements | p. vii |
Series preface | p. ix |
Abbreviations | p. x |
Definitions, epidemiology, and causes | p. 1 |
Definitions | p. 2 |
Epidemiology | p. 16 |
Mortality | p. 26 |
Causes | p. 30 |
Overview | p. 36 |
Mechanisms of structural pathology | p. 39 |
Cerebral contusions | p. 41 |
Diffuse axonal injury | p. 49 |
Secondary brain damage | p. 57 |
Overview | p. 69 |
Retrograde amnesia and post-traumatic amnesia | p. 73 |
Retrograde amnesia | p. 74 |
Post-traumatic amnesia | p. 80 |
Overview | p. 94 |
Memory function | p. 97 |
Memory function following minor closed head injury | p. 98 |
Memory function following severe closed head injury | p. 104 |
Overview | p. 123 |
Cognition and language | p. 125 |
Cognitive function | p. 125 |
Verbal and nonverbal intelligence | p. 139 |
Disorders of language | p. 146 |
Overview | p. 155 |
Subjective complaints and personality disorders | p. 157 |
Postconcussional symptoms | p. 157 |
Personality disorders | p. 176 |
Family relationships | p. 181 |
Overview | p. 186 |
Outcome, recovery, and rehabilitation | p. 189 |
Measures of outcome | p. 189 |
Recovery of function | p. 204 |
The process of recovery | p. 216 |
Rehabilitation | p. 221 |
Overview | p. 231 |
References | p. 233 |
Author index | p. 279 |
Subject index | p. 288 |
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