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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A Johns Hopkins Press Health BookPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2015Description: 201pages 23cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781421417950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1421417952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 617.4/81044 23
LOC classification:
  • RC387.5 .R36 2015
Contents:
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.
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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.

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