Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Theory, Models, Therapy and Outcome

by Barbara A. Wilson , Fergus Gracey , Jonathan J. Evans , Andrew Bateman

• ISBN13: 9780521841498
• ISBN10: 0521841496
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-06
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The aim of neuropsychological rehabilitation is to enable people with cognitive, emotional, or behavioural deficits to achieve their maximum potential in the domains of psychological, social, leisure, vocational or everyday functioning. Describing the holistic programme devised and adopted at the world famous Oliver Zangwill Centre and embracing a broad theoretical base, incorporating a variety of frameworks, theories and models, this book proposes an integrated approach to brain injury rehabilitation by an interdisciplinary team. The coverage explains the underlying principles involved, describes the group therapies employed, highlights a selection of real case examples and reviews the outcomes measured and achieved. This book is essential reading for clinical neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, neurologists, physiotherapists, social workers and nurses.

Author Biography

Barbara A. Wilson is Founder of The Oliver Zangwill Centre, Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely, Cambridgeshire. She is also a senior scientist (visitor status) at the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK. Fergus Gracey is Lead Clinical Psychologist at The Oliver Zangwill Centre, Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely, Cambridgeshire, and Honorary Clinical Associate at the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK. Jonathan J. Evans is Professor of Applied Neuropsychology at the Section of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK. He is also Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, UK and was the first Clinical Director of The Oliver Zangwill Centre. Andrew Bateman is Clinical Manager and Director of Research at The Oliver Zangwill Centre, Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely, Cambridgeshire, and Honorary Clinical Associate at the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Background and theory
Towards a comprehensive model of neuropsychological rehabilitation	p. 1
Evidence for the effectiveness of neuropsychological rehabilitation	p. 22
Goal setting as a way of planning and evaluating neuropsychological rehabilitation	p. 37
The Oliver Zangwill Centre approach to neuropsychological rehabilitation	p. 47
Group interventions
The Understanding Brain Injury (UBI) Group	p. 68
The Cognitive Group, Part 1: Attention and Goal Management	p. 81
The Cognitive Group, Part 2: Memory	p. 98
The Mood Management Group	p. 112
The Psychological Support Group	p. 123
Working with families in neuropsychological rehabilitation	p. 138
Communication Group	p. 157
Practically based project groups	p. 164
Case illustrations
Peter: successful rehabilitation following a severe head injury with cerebrovascular complications	p. 182
Lorna: applying models of language, calculation and learning within holistic rehabilitation: from dysphasia and dyscalculia to independent cooking and travel	p. 203
Caroline: treating post-traumatic stress disorder after traumatic brain injury	p. 227
Interdisciplinary vocational rehabilitation addressing pain, fatigue, anxiety and impulsivity: Yusuf and his 'new rules for business and life'	p. 237
Judith: learning to do things' at the drop of a hat': behavioural experiments to explore and change the 'meaning' in meaningful functional activity	p. 256
Simon: brain injury and the family - the inclusion of children, family members and wider systems in the rehabilitation process	p. 272
Adam: extending the therapeutic milieu into the community in the rehabilitation of a client with severe aphasia and apraxia	p. 292
Malcolm: coping with the effects of Balint's syndrome and topographical disorientation	p. 304
Kate: cognitive recovery and emotional adjustment in a young woman who was unresponsive for several months	p. 317
Outcomes
Is this approach effective? Outcomes measurement at the Oliver Zangwill Centre	p. 334
Index	p. 350
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