Psychological Management of Stroke

by Lincoln, Nadina B.; Kneebone, Ian I.; Macniven, Jamie A. B.; Morris, Reg C.

• ISBN13: 9780470684276
• ISBN10: 0470684275
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-27
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Psychological Management of Stroke presents a review and synthesis of the current theory and data relating to the assessment, treatment, and psychological aspects of stroke. Provides comprehensive reviews of evidence based practice relating to stroke Written by clinical psychologists working in stroke services Covers a broad range of psychological aspects, including fitness to drive, decision making, prevention of stroke, and involvement of carers and families Reviews and synthesizes new data across a wide range of areas relevant to stroke and the assessment, treatment, and care of stroke survivors and their families Represents a novel approach to the application of psychological theory and principles in the stroke field

Author Biography

Nadina Lincoln is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Nottingham and Honorary Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She has conducted an extensive programme of research to evaluate clinical stroke services. Ian Kneebone is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Surrey Community Health and a Visiting Reader at the University of Surrey. He sees people with stroke across three services and has published on screening measures to detect psychological problems after stoke across three services and has published screening measures to detect psychological problems after stroke as well as on psychological interventions to manage them. Jamie Macniven was for several years a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist for Norttingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Course Director of the MSc programme in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Nottingham in the UK. He recently moved to New Zealand where he has taken up the post of Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at Waikato Hospital, Hamilton. Reg Morris is Programme Director of the South Wales Doctorate Programme in Clinical Psychology, Honorary Professor at the Cardiff University and Consultant Clinical Psychologist. He has published widely on stroke and has worked in clinical services throughout the west and south west of Britain and is currently on secondment to the Stroke Association.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. vii
Foreword by The Stroke Association	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Background to Stroke and Stroke Services	p. 1
Experiences and Effects of Stroke and Its Aftermath	p. 3
Clinical Stroke Services	p. 28
Neurological Basis of Stroke and Related Vascular Disorders	p. 60
Cognitive Effects of Stroke	p. 85
Neuropsychological Symptoms of Stroke	p. 87
Screening for Cognitive Problems after Stroke	p. 109
Neuropsychological Assessment after Stroke	p. 130
Communication Problems after Stroke	p. 160
Driving after Stroke	p. 181
Decision Making and Mental Capacity	p. 203
Neuropsychological Aspects of Rehabilitation	p. 232
Cognitive Rehabilitation	p. 248
Challenging Behaviour after Stroke	p. 266
Emotional Effects of Stroke	p. 281
Emotional Problems after Stroke	p. 283
Screening and Evaluation of Emotional Problems After Stroke	p. 299
Managing Emotional Problems after Stroke	p. 329
Behavioural and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Depression after Stroke	p. 336
Stroke and Fear of Falling	p. 349
Prevention of Psychological Distress after Stroke	p. 362
Pain and Fatigue	p. 378
Social Dimensions of Stroke	p. 391
Carers of Stroke Survivors	p. 393
Strokes in Young People: Families and Children, Carers, Employment and Long-Term Survival	p. 425
Prevention of Stroke	p. 455
Conclusions and Future Directions	p. 486
Appendix 1	p. 491
References	p. 493
Index	p. 589
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