Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Fundamentals, Innovations, and Directions - Hardcover

Leon-Carrion, Jose

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157444039X ISBN 13: 9781574440393

Publisher: CRC Press, 1997

Synopsis

This definitive work, the combined effort of 30 international contributors, provides in-depth discussion of neuropsychological rehabilitation, the consequences of brain injury, fundamentals of recovery, current rehabilitation models, and treatment. Remarkable in the depth of its content, this publication reveals the numerous changes that have occurred over the past decade and the new pathways open to treating TBI. Experts from the United States and Europe detail the consolidation of neuropsychological rehabilitation as an interdisciplinary field with strong clinical and applied roots. The material explores the foundations which support and direct treatment, and it combines those foundations with a vision of the current state of the most innovative methodologies (e.g., gene therapy, post-traumatic sleep disorder intervention, neural transplants).

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From the Back Cover

The editor, along with some forty contributing authors, presents a current and revealing look at the growing international field of neuropsychological rehabilitation. Here is truly cutting-edge material, blended with significant historical perspective, from some of the most active professionals in the field. Comprehensive in its coverage, this book presents relevant material on topics ranging behavioral and educational issues following brain injury to gene therapy. Remarkable in the depth of its content, this book reveals the numerous changes that have occurred over the past decade and the new pathways open to treating TBI.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157444039X
• ISBN 13: 9781574440393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592