Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation is a specialty area. In order to effectively address the difficulties that can result from an ABI, the team needs to be truly comprehensive and interdisciplinary. This book focuses on the comprehensive medical and clinical team and their contributions to the rehabilitation process.

The first several chapters will focus on the medical specialists that are integral members of the team and their specialized roles in assessment and treatment. The next chapters will review some of the vital specialty areas that are often overlooked, such as neuro-optometry and vestibular rehabilitation. Chapters from the key discipline areas, such as occupational and speech/language therapies, form most of the middle chapters. The last few chapters are devoted to the main behavioral difficulties exhibited by individuals with ABI, in addition to family stressors and long-term challenges following discharge from a neuro-rehabilitation program.

Introduction.- Neurosurgery and Acquired Brain Injury: An Educational Primer.- Physiatry and Acquired Brain Injury.- The Role of the Neurologist in the Assessment and Treatment of Patients status post Acquired Brain Injury.- Voiding and Sexual Dysfunction after Cerebrovascular Accident and Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of the Neuro-urologist.- Neuropsychiatry and Traumatic Brain Injury.- Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Evaluation and Treatment Approaches.- The Role of the Neuro-Rehabilitation Optometrist.- Nursing Care of the Neuro-Rehabilitation Patient.- Case Management in the Neuro-Rehabilitation Setting.- Balance and Vestibular Rehabilitation in the Patient with Acquired Brain Injury.- The Functional Role of the Occupational Therapist on the Neuro-Rehabilitation Team.- Rehabilitation of Speech, Language and Swallowing Disorders.- Counseling Individuals post Acquired Brain Injury: Considerations and Objectives.- Acquired Brain Injury and the Family: Challenges and Interventions.- Long Term Challenges.