Family Support Programs and Rehabilitation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Psychosocial Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury

   • Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

   Pages 1-12

3. Approaches to Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury

   • Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

   Pages 13-33

4. Compensating for Cognitive Impairment

   • Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

   Pages 35-54

5. Enhancing Emotional Adjustment

   • Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

   Pages 55-83

6. Improving Social Competency

   • Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

   Pages 85-108

7. Fostering Family Adaptation

   • Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

   Pages 109-128

8. Evaluation of Outcome Effects

   • Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

   Pages 129-148

9. Summary and Conclusions

   • Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

   Pages 149-159

10. Back Matter

    Pages 161-222

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The permanent effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are not limited to the person who suffers the injury. People who care for the individual, particularly family members, suffer in various ways. Family members are often confused as to the behavioral and neuropsychological changes that they see in a brain-injured rela­ tive. They can become frustrated and angry when the individual does not return to premorbid levels of functioning. They can become tired and worn down from repeated problems in trying to manage the individual's difficulties while having only fragmented information regarding them. Drs. Smith and Godfrey have provided a useful service for family members by summarizing important neuropsychological changes associated with TBI and providing practical guidelines for coping with these problems. While the neuropsychological problems they describe are not completely understood, the authors provide a useful description of many of the neuro­ behavioral problems seen following TBI in young adults. They attempt to provide guidelines for family members that have practical utility in understanding and managing these patients. Theirs is a cognitive-behavioral approach that can have utility for this group of individuals. I applaud their efforts to provide something systematic and practical for family members.

• brain
• emotion
• rehabilitation
• trauma
• traumatic brain injury

`[The authors'] book is a welcome addition to our body of knowledge that we can pass on to family members in an effort to assist them in coping with a loved one who has suffered traumatic injury to the brain.'
from the Foreword by George Prigatano, Barrows Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona

• University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

  Louise Margaret Smith, Hamish P. D. Godfrey

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