Brainlash: Maximize Your Recovery from Mild Brain Injury - Softcover

G. Denton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888799374 ISBN 13: 9781888799378

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

This is the definitive book on brainlash, the result of a whiplash action to the brain that causes it to be bruised or torn within the skull. Written by a doctor who is a brain-injury survivor, Brainlash presents a way of understanding the road ahead for everyone involved in the process of recovery, which can take weeks, months or years. Spouses, family and friends of brainlash patients learn to better understand and cope with their loved one's condition. Doctors, nurses and other health care providers learn more about the experience from the patient's point of view, a blessing to patients who cannot articulate it for themselves. Attorneys representing brain-injured clients get a rundown of short- and long-term effects the injury can have on their clients' lives. It also enlightens health insurance professionals about the condition and informs employers about the options available to keep the brain-injured employee. Clear, concise and easy to understand, this valuable sourcebook is divided into these useful sections: -- Lifestyle Changes and Challenges -- Support Systems and Reentry -- Talking and Thinking, Fatigue and Energy -- New Abilities and Skills, including Humor, Power Naps and Journaling -- The Physical Body -- The Emotional Body -- Case Studies. Like having the most qualified and down-to-earth social worker, doctor and personal-injury lawyer on your side, Brainlash empowers the brain-injured to get the most from their recovery.

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Review

As a survivor of a brain injury, the author provides valuable insightsÇ does a good job of providing personal insights in an accessible, understandable, and practical way. - Elliot J Roth, MD, (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago)<p><I>""... Brainlash will prove invaluable for employers, support groups, health care providers, and legal representatives to better understand mild traumatic brain injury and recovery options. ""</i>--Midwest Book Review <P><i>""This comprehensive guide complements medical treatment for anyone with mild brain injury. Its down-to-earth, practical advice covers virtually every aspect of the recovery process... Brainlash provides the tools and facts to make the recovery process more intelligible and to support the wide range of people affected by mild traumatic brain injury.""</i>--American Rehabilitation <p><i>""Techniques used by Denton to help her in her own recovery are amazing and should be considered by others going through similar situations... Any person involved in any aspect of brain injury would do great benefit to themselves by reading this important book.""</i>-- From the Foreword by James S. Brady

About the Author

<P>Dr. Gail Denton is both a psychotherapist and a brain injury survivor. She wrote <I>Brainlash</I> to make sense of her experience and to share what she learned along the way. She presents a way of understanding the depth and breadth of the road ahead for everyone involved in the process of recovery. </P>

Edition details

• Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1888799374
• ISBN 13: 9781888799378
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 392