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Living With Brain Injury A Guide for Families

by Senelick, Richard C; Dougherty, Karla

ISBN13: 9781891525094
ISBN10: 1891525093
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2001-12-14
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning

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The new, updated edition of the renowned classic - complete with cutting edge neuroplaticity and exciting experimental rehabilitation research! Living with Brain Injury will help readers - both families of patients and professionals alike - through new, uncharted territory of brain rehabilitation, a world where people we love may change before our eyes, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Author Biography

Richard C. Senelick, MD, is a neurologist who specializes in rehabilitation and brain injury. He is currently the medical director at HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Institute of San Antonio in Texas Karla Dougherty is a leading writer in the fields of medicine, health and nutrition. She has authored or coauthored over thirty books

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Impact of the Brain in Today's World

1

(7)

An Anatomy Lesson

8

(16)

When Brain Injury Occurs

24

(9)

Degrees of Injury

33

(5)

In the First Degree: Mild Head Injury

38

(11)

The Doctor as Detective

49

(18)

Physical Symptoms of Brain Injury

67

(12)

Cognitive Symptoms of Brain Injury

79

(14)

Behavioral Symptoms of Brain Injury

93

(16)

How to Pick the Right Rehabilitation Hospital

109

(11)

The Treatment Team

120

(10)

The Process of Rehabilitation

130

(25)

Neural Plasticity: The Exciting New Future of Recovery

155

(10)

The Family Circle

165

(15)

Questions Family Members Commonly Ask

180

(15)

Epilogue: The Future is Now

195

(2)

Education and Support

197

(4)

Sources

201

(14)

Index

215

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