Management of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury
Author: David Arciniegas, M.D., Nathan Zasler, M.D., Rodney Vanderploeg, Ph.D., Michael Jaffee, M.D.
Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine & TIRR Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication Date: 2013
ISBN 10: 1585624047
ISBN 13: 9781585624041
eISBN: 9781585629886
Edition: 1st
Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine & TIRR Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication Date: 2013
ISBN 10: 1585624047
ISBN 13: 9781585624041
eISBN: 9781585629886
Edition: 1st
Description:
Management of Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury is an up-to-the- minute, comprehensive, and useful text designed to support busy physicians, nurses, and mental health professionals working with persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their families. Understanding and improving outcomes after TBI requires consideration of the effects of biomechanical forces on the brain and the interactions between the injury, the person experiencing it, and the psychosocial context in which TBI and its consequences occur. A multidisciplinary approach to the management of persons with TBI therefore is essential. Accordingly, this book presents and synthesizes the work of internationally recognized brain injury clinicians, scientists, and educators who were selected by a team of editors with backgrounds in psychiatry, neurology, psychology, and physiatry. This broad range of perspectives enhances understanding and provides nuanced yet practical information on the neuropsychiatric management of persons with TBI. Evidence-informed, concise, and clinically rich, Management of Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury will be of enormous value to health care providers grappling with the neurological and mental health consequences of this tragically widespread public health problem.
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