Principles of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

ISBN13: 9780195081435ISBN10: 0195081439 Hardback, 374 pages
Jun 1999,  In Stock

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Description

Without guiding principles, clinicians can easily get lost in the maze of problems that a brain-damaged patient presents. This book underlines the importance of patients' subjective experience of brain disease or injury, and the frustration and confusion they undergo. It shows that the symptom picture is a mixture of premorbid cognitive and personal characteristics with the neuropsychological changes directly associated with brain pathology. By closely observing the patient's behavior, the clinician can teach him or her about the direct and indirect effects of brain damage. The book provides guidelines both for the remediation of higher cerebral disturbances and the management of patients interpersonal problems. It presents a new perspective on disorders of self-awareness and recovery as well as deterioration phenomena after brain injury. It will be an invaluable resource for psychologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists involved in neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Product Details

374 pages; 41 figures, 5pp color photos; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-508143-5ISBN10: 0-19-508143-9

About the Author(s)

George P. Prigatano, Chair, Section of Clinical Neuropsychology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix

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