Acquired Brain Injury
Clinical Essentials for Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Professionals

Acquired Brain Injury
Clinical Essentials for Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Professionals
This is a clinically accessible reference guide to acquired brain injuries (ABIs) that provides medical and nonmedical health care professionals who work with patients in brain trauma and rehabilitation settings with easily understandable information about this population. It provides physicians, psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, other allied health professionals, and particularly trainees with short clinical synopses of a full range of ABIs, from causes through diagnoses and treatment.
Written by expert authors, the resource summarizes knowledge on the most prevalent ABIs in a clear, consistent format including overview, etiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation (including cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and sensorimotor), diagnostic considerations, evidence-based treatments, prognosis, and an illustrative case study. Psychosocial considerations for ABI patients, an important component of care, are also addressed.
KEY FEATURES:
- Delivers information in a concise, quick reference format
- Written in accessible language
- Informs a wide range of health care professionals and trainees
- Covers a full gamut of ABIs
- Authored by recognized experts in the field
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: An Overview
James B. Hoelzle and Kathryn A. Ritchie
2. Moderate to Severe Brain Injury
P. Tyler Roskos and Lauren R. Schwarz
3. Cerebrovascular Injuries
Luke Bradbury, Matthew Jensen, and Justin Sattin
4. Brain Tumors
Sharoon Qaiser and Donita Lightner
5. Neuroinfection
Julia Novitski, Kathleen Elverman, Donna Kwan, Evan Schulze, and Christopher Grote
6. Neurotoxic and Metabolic Injuries
Bruce J. Diamond, Joseph E. Mosley, Katherine Makarec, and Krista Dettle
7. Hypoxia/Anoxia
Jill Z. Stuart, Thomas J. Farrer, and Alex L. Heintzelman
8. Electrical and Lightning Brain Injuries
Shravan Parikh, Joseph Fink, Maia Feigon, and Neil Pliskin
9. Acquired Brain Injury Secondary to Substance Use Disorder
Benjamin A. Pyykkonen
10. Post–Acquired Brain Injury Headaches
Mauricio F. Villamar and Jonathan H. Smith
11. Post–Acquired Brain Injury Epilepsy
Erin Plumley, Robert J. Kotloski, and Bruce Hermann
12. Post–Acquired Brain Injury Movement Disorders
Hannah L. Combs, Kathryn J. Dunham, Brittany D. Walls, and Amelia J. Anderson-Mooney
13. Acquired Brain Injury in Children
Ana C. Albuja and Robert Baumann
14. Acquired Brain Injury in the Elderly
Thomas J. Farrer and Jill Z. Stuart
15. Psychosocial Characteristics of Acquired Brain Injury
Leslie Guidotti Breting, Courtney Nelson, and Thomas Cothran
16. Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Clinical Essentials
Silke Bernert and Dong (Dan) Y. Han
17. Feigning Issues in Brain Injury
David T. R. Berry, Brittany D. Walls, Chelsea M. Bouquet, and Elizabeth R. Wallace
Index

- Release Date: November 21, 2016
- Paperback / softback
- 366 Pages
- Trim Size: 5.5in x 8.5in
- ISBN: 9780826131362
- eBook ISBN: 9780826131379