Bøger i Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: A Modular Handbook serien

Covers the various cerebral visual disorders acquired after brain injury, as well as the rehabilitation techniques used to treat them.

Rehabilitation provides a concept around which to organise support, intervention and care for people with impairments in memory and other cognitive functions. This book introduces a framework and rationale for application of neuropsychological rehabilitation approach for people with dementia, helping them to manage, and overcome these problems.

The potential of behavioural approaches for improving the lives of people with acquired brain injury is immense. Here that potential is laid out and explored with a thoroughgoing regard for clinical practice and the theoretical frameworks that underpin that practice.

This volume provides a guide to recent developments in research on pain perception and assessment, and the detection of consciousness and communication in patients with disorders of consciousness. It will be an invaluable guide for clinicians, medics and therapists working in rehabilitation and acute care, and also useful for students and researchers in neuropsychology and medical sciences.