The traumatized brain : a family guide to recovery after brain injury /
Rao, Vani, 1958-
The traumatized brain : a family guide to recovery after brain injury / by Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, and Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD ; foreword by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH. - 201pages 23cm. - A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book .
Includes index.
Brain structure, function, and recovery -- The inner workings of the brain -- The structure of the brain -- Types of traumatic brain injury -- Influences on recovery after traumatic brain injury -- Emotional problems caused by the traumatized brain -- Depression -- Anxiety -- Mania -- Apathy -- Behavioral problems caused by the traumatized brain -- Psychosis -- Aggression -- Impulsivity -- Sleep disturbances -- Cognitive problems caused by the traumatized brain -- Attention -- Memory -- Executive function -- Language -- Other common problems caused by the traumatized brain -- Headaches -- Seizures -- Vision -- Epilogue: finding the light at the end of the tunnel.
9781421417950 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1421417952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015002495
Brain damage--Complications.
Brain damage--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Head--Wounds and injuries--Complications.
Head--Wounds and injuries--Patients--Rehabilitation.
RC387.5 / .R36 2015
617.4/81044
The traumatized brain : a family guide to recovery after brain injury / by Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, and Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD ; foreword by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH. - 201pages 23cm. - A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book .
Includes index.
Brain structure, function, and recovery -- The inner workings of the brain -- The structure of the brain -- Types of traumatic brain injury -- Influences on recovery after traumatic brain injury -- Emotional problems caused by the traumatized brain -- Depression -- Anxiety -- Mania -- Apathy -- Behavioral problems caused by the traumatized brain -- Psychosis -- Aggression -- Impulsivity -- Sleep disturbances -- Cognitive problems caused by the traumatized brain -- Attention -- Memory -- Executive function -- Language -- Other common problems caused by the traumatized brain -- Headaches -- Seizures -- Vision -- Epilogue: finding the light at the end of the tunnel.
9781421417950 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1421417952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015002495
Brain damage--Complications.
Brain damage--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Head--Wounds and injuries--Complications.
Head--Wounds and injuries--Patients--Rehabilitation.
RC387.5 / .R36 2015
617.4/81044