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This chapter outlines the main types of brain injury and their sequelae from a medical/physiological perspective [1,2]. The goal is to indicate and describe how brain injury contributes to the survivor’s posttraumatic behavior and neuropsychological funcion. Interventions are aimed at the sequelae that directly result from the types of injuries described here.
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Astrup, J. (1989). Brain Injury: A Pathophysiological Basis for Neuropsychological Dysfunction. In: Ellis, D.W., Christensen, AL. (eds) Neuropsychological Treatment After Brain Injury. Foundations of Neuropsychology, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1581-0_2
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