Acquired Brain Injury
An Integrative Neuro-rehabilitation Approach

Regardless of etiology, such as accident, tumor, stroke or assault, acquired brain injury presents numerous challenges for survivors, caregivers and treating professionals. This book presents a comprehensive team approach to rehabilitation of ABI survivors. It also includes separate chapters on nursing, neuropsychology, and case management.

Based on the editors' combined experience of more than 40 years in the neuro-rehabilitation field, this comprehensive volume clarifies rehabilitation goals and processes for the physician, rehab specialist, the advanced student, and patients' advocates. With ABI so prevalent - roughly 1.5 million new cases per year - this book couldn't be more timely.

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.