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