Talking About Aphasia: Living With Loss of Language After Stroke
by Susie Parr, Sally Byng, Sue Gilpin, Chris Ireland November 1997

Editorial Reviews From Book News, Inc.
Based on interviews with 50 aphasic people conducted in London from 1994 through 1996, provides an account of aphasia from the perspectives of those who have experienced it, rather than professional, clinical, medical, or academic concerns. Interviewees discuss their initial experiences of language impairment; early treatments; their return home; the impact of their aphasia on their education, leisure, and personal relationships; and their needs for information. Ways to live with the loss of language are described. Written in nonacademic language. No index. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Brain Injury Survivor and Caregiver Education Manual
by Aspen Reference Group, Dwayne E. Eutsey (Editor), Sara Nell Di Lima

This comprehensive manual supplies information to address the various dimensions of brain injury rehabilitation, including patient information, family education and caregiving methods, as well as assessment forms and professional tips for rehabilitation staff. A vast collection of patient and family education material and assessment forms enables health professionals to interpret the patient's condition, explain the effects of brain injury, instruct individuals with brain injury and caregivers in the goals of rehabilitation and provide emotional support and information to individuals with brain injury and their families. The Brain Injury Survivor and Caregiver Education Manual provides a compilation of the best patient resource materials available.

Collaborative Brain Injury Intervention: Positive Everyday Routines
by Mark, Ph.D Ylvisaker, Timothy, Ph.D Feeney, Timothy J. Feeney

From the Publisher

Provides thorough coverage of cognitive, behavioral, and communication issues applied through positive everyday routines Practical text that covers topics concerning both children and adults Includes issues associated with prefrontal injury, which is most common in traumatic brain injury.

• Provides thorough coverage of cognitive, behavioral, and communication issues applied through positive everyday routines
• Practical text that covers topics concerning both children and adults
• Includes issues associated with prefrontal injury, which is most common in traumatic brain injury
• Applicable to acute rehabilitation, school, and vocational contexts

Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr. Diane Roberts Stoler, Ed.D. and Barbara Albers Hill

From Library Journal
Over 325,000 Americans annually suffer mild head trauma from automobile accidents, assaults, falls, sports injuries, etc. With a diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), the individual will be told to rest for a few days or weeks, and, with luck, that may be the end of it. Unfortunately, many of those affected suffer ongoing, debilitating symptoms--migraines, depression, seizures, etc.--for months or even years. Symptoms are unpredictable and are difficult to diagnose because there is no single test to detect MTBI and postconcussive syndrome (PCS). Stoler, a practicing psychologist who has herself experienced mild head injury, and Hill, a psychologist and writer, have compiled a comprehensive manual explaining what is involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of brain-injured people. Presenting short case studies, they discuss the difficult diagnostic context of head trauma and offer practical suggestions for coping with physical and emotional repercussions. Especially valuable for patient education libraries. (James Swanton, Harlem Hosp., New York Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.)

Physical Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury (Clinics in Physical Therapy)
by Jacqueline Montgomery (Editor)

Editorial Reviews
From Book News, Inc.
Offers beginning and seasoned clinicians some insights of specialists in physical therapy for adults with traumatic brain injury. The topics include rehabilitation, treating cognitive disorders, improving motor control, orthotic management for the lower limb, and how physical therapy fits into the larger management strategy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Steps to Follow: The Comprehensive Treatment of Patients with Hemiplegia
by Patricia M. Davies

Book Description
In the 15 years since publication of the first edition, Steps to Follow has gained a worldwide reputation among professionals as a unique practical guide to the treatment of neurologically impaired patients.

This second, completely updated edition incorporates significant practical advances in early and later neurorehabilitation and in the understanding of the problems confronting both patients and those who work with them. The relevant therapeutic activities to improve functional ability and quality of life following a stroke are described in detail with the help of 750 photos showing patients in action during treatment.

• Practical ways in which patients can be helped to interact more normally with their environment and so regain their independence, in spite of the perceptual disorders often associated with hemiplegia
• More detailed explanation of hand function and more in-depth analysis of normal walking
• Revised chapters on the various therapeutic activities, including new ways to retrain selective movements and prevent or counteract increases in muscle tone
• Deeper understanding of abdominal muscle activity, which is relevant to retraining balance reactions and sitting and standing
• A new chapter demonstrating how David Butler's concept of the mobilization of neural structures throughout the body can be of inestimable value
• Examples of ways in which therapists, nurses and relatives can help to avoid the development of secondary complications such as pain and loss of range of motion or overcoming existing difficulties
• Ways in which the patient can maintain mobility and continue to make progress even after cessation of treatment, by exercising at home and participating in sporting and other leisure activities

Cognitive Rehabilitation for Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Functional Approach
by Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, Paul H. Wehman

Editorial Reviews-From Book News, Inc.
Incorporates research findings and clinical experience to explain how to help people with brain injuries regain the ability to carry out their daily activities. The 20 papers cover fundamentals; personality, behavior, outcome, and holistic intervention; interdisciplinary approaches; and community settings. For rehabilitation practitioners. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitation for Speech-Language Pathologists
by Jeffrey N. Pierce, Rita J. Gillis, Monica McHenry

From the Publisher
Placing emphasis throughout on cognitive-communicative rehabilitation, this book comprehensively covers topics not often addressed in the existing literature, such as models of rehabilitation and disability, ethical issues, legal issues, and family needs. Numerous theoretical and clinical models of intervention are presented, providing clinicians with a strong foundation from which to develop an individualized approach. The reader is encouraged to evaluate the complexity of traumatic brain injury and to understand the uniqueness of each individual in order to develop a sound philosophy of rehabilitation and patient care. Graduate students, new clinicians, and practitioners who wish simply to gain a more thorough understanding of the complex field of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation will benefit from this unique and invaluable book.

Traumatic Brain Injury: Associated Speech, Language, and Swallowing Disorders
by Bruce E., Phd Murdoch, Deborah G., Phd Theodoros

Editorial Reviews - From Book News, Inc.
Murdoch, Theodoros, and colleagues (all speech pathology and audiology, U. of Queensland, Australia) describe the motor speech, language, and swallowing disorders associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Case studies are used to illustrate the assessment and treatment of communicative and swallowing disorders in adults and children. Recent research on cognitive/linguistic problems and new physiological assessment and treatment approaches of motor speech disorders also are addressed. Some of the disorders profiled are velopharyngeal and laryngeal dysfunction, dysarthria following TBI in childhood, linguistic deficits in adults, and dysphagia.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Vision, Perception, and Cognition: A Manual for the Evaluation and Treatment of the Neurologically Impaired Adult
by Barbara B. Zoltan

From the publisher
This extraordinary book is an indispensable reference for outlining the theoretical basis for visual, perceptual, and cognitive deficits, as well as specific procedures for the evaluation and treatment of these deficits. The book clearly explains each deficit and provides step-by-step testing techniques along with complete treatment guidelines. This invaluable book addresses both top down and bottom up approaches to evaluation and treatment.

Vision, Perception, and Cognition is divided into categories for clarity, such as visual processing and discrimination skills, body scheme difficulties, executive functions and motor planning. The author has added additional theoretical information to back up evaluation and treatment decisions that are discussed. All the sections have been updated to represent the most current information available

Understanding and Managing Vision Deficits: A Guide for Occupational Therapists
by Mitchell Scheiman

Book Description
Understanding and Managing Vision Deficits: A Guide For Occupational Therapists, Second Edition is a unique and comprehensive collaboration from optometrists, occupational therapists, and low vision rehabilitation specialists designed to increase the understanding of vision. This thoroughly updated edition is an innovative resource, enabling occupational therapists to appreciate the various effects vision problems can have on the practice of occupational therapy, as well as to manage patients with vision disorders more effectively.

This well-organized text is the only text for occupational therapists that covers all aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of vision deficits. Understanding and Managing Vision Deficits: A Guide For Occupational Therapists, Second Edition discusses the details of vision therapy for eye movement and visual perceptual deficits. OT management of vision problems specific to autism, acquired brain injury patients, learning disabled children, developmentally delayed, multiply impaired children, and low vision patients are just a few of the topics covered inside this comprehensive resource.

Also included in this essential learning tool are three new chapters that will allow occupational therapists to expand their knowledge base in the area low vision rehabilitation, making this text a perfect addition to every occupational therapistíªs bookshelf.

Rehabilitation of Visual Deficits After Brain Injury
by Josef Zihl

Reviewer: Dr. Erich Kasten
Visual impairments influence all activities of daily living. Therefore, the examination of vision and the treatment of patients with visual deficits is of major importance, and the book by Josef Zihl closes a big gap in the series of handbooks about neuropsychological rehabilitation. In the last 30 years Prof. Josef Zihl conducted exciting and internationally recognized research in the field of brain damaged patients with visual defects. Many of his investigations were interesting single-case studies which have inspired other scientists to examine larger group of patients. The book summarizes many of his findings and compares them with the results of other researchers. On 186 pages, the author conveys detailed knowledge of the whole range of human visual functions as well as possible disturbances. The book starts with the description of visual field restrictions such as homonymous hemianopia, a frequent consequence of stroke of the posterior cerebral artery. Zihl then deals with disorders of visual acuity, color vision deficits, and impaired visual space perception. Chapter 6 is dedicated to visual agnosia, a very interesting topic in its own. The last part of the book is devoted to central scotoma, causing almost unbearable handicaps for patients. The author presents many helpful compensatory therapies for patients with visual deficits. For example, Zihl himself had developed an electronic reading aid, a saccadic eye movement training, and a computer-based tachistoscopic apparatus for text material. All of them proved their effectivity in several investigations and are helpful for many patients. Particularly for clinical neuropsychologists, these hints are helpful and valuable to decide which test is appropriate for the investigation of a given patient. I think that this book is of interest for both, scientists and clinical practitioners, and we would highly recommend it for anybody working in the field of brain-damaged patients with visual defects. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Rehabilitation of the Adult and Child With Traumatic Brain Injury
by Mitchell Rosenthal (Editor), Jeffrey S. Kreutzer (Editor), Ernest R. Griffith, Brian Pentland (Editor)

From the Publisher
Clinicians, educators, and researchers find this to be the most comprehensive textbook on the rehabilitation of adults and children with traumatic brain injury. Every chapter of this classic reference has been rewritten with updated references, figures, tables, and case illustrations.

KEY FEATURES

• Provides the latest information in clinical practice with advances in scientific research
• Contains chapters in the following areas: advances in acute and rehabilitative management; assessment of functional outcome; assessment and management of emotional and behavioral consequences of injury; management of the low-level or minimally responsive patient; psychotherapeutic intervention. These areas are cutting-edge and critical topics for researchers, clinicians, and health care administrators.
• Covers ethical dilemmas, advances in pharmacologic approaches, treatment of the geriatric patient, the problems associated with substance abuse in persons with brain injury, and life care planning and case management

Evaluation of Outcomes in Brain Injury Rehabilitation A Special Issue of the Journal Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
edited by Simon Fleminger , Jane Powell (1999)

From the Publisher
The impetus for this Special Issue came from a series of meetings between clinicians and researchers working in varied UK neurological rehabilitation services. These meetings focused on the need to identify appropriate measures for defining and evaluating different forms of intervention for patients who have suffered a brain injury. The intention was also to identify measures which will ensure good communication between clinicians, purchasers, and service users. It soon became clear from the discussion that there was going to be no single solution to a complex problem. The patient group is very heterogeneous with an enormous diversity of needs and strengths, at different stages of recovery. Patients are offered treatments by teams with different specialties, resources and constraints.

The papers comprised in this volume vividly delineate the many theoretical and practical issues which must be addressed in any attempts to capture, with sensitivity and accuracy, the critical changes occurring over successive phases of recovery and rehabilitation; they also document the international contributors' experience with a wide range of strategies and specific instruments.

The first five papers address, respectively:The measurement implications of the World Health Organization model for conceptualizing different dimensions of outcome (Greenwood); An example of a goal planning approach to rehabilitation, and related evaluation criteria (McMillan, Sparkes); The development and application of a highly structured Goal Attainment Scaling procedure (Malec); The creative solutions of a health economics team faced with the near-impossible task of comparing outcomes over a huge range of injury severity, time since injury, and rehabilitation services (Stilwell et al.); A perspective on the requirements of health service purchasers (McCarthy).

In the second part of the volume, contributors relate their experience, solutions, and findings in four different types of rehabilitation setting (post-acute in-patient, cognitive-behavioral, out/day-patient, and community) which have correspondingly different foci of assessment.

The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
by Martha Davis, Matthew, Ph.D. McKay, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelm

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Although the sheer size of this dense workbook might cause initial hyperventilation--280 full-size sheets of text--take heart (and a deep breath!): the many self-assessment tools and calming techniques presented in this fifth edition can help overcome anxiety and promote physical and emotional well-being. First introduced in 1980, the book received praise for presenting a comprehensive look at stress, its physical manifestations, and the multiple ways it can be managed. Twenty years later, its well-organized chapters on breathing, relaxation, meditation, thought stopping, and body awareness still guide the reader through copious self-help techniques to try and, eventually, master. Other chapters, including job stress management, goal setting and time management, and assertiveness training, focus on daily scenarios people often find distressing. Lessons in identifying key elements that trigger unpleasant responses and in reacting differently to these elements are designed to defuse perceived conflicts. For this edition, coauthors Martha Davis (psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA), Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman (licensed clinical social worker with Kaiser Permanente Online), and Matthew McKay (clinical director of Haight-Ashbury Psychological Services, San Francisco, CA) have added topics on worry control, anger management, and eye-movement therapy. New diagrams and a more reader-friendly format should appeal to readers, despite a few typos and graphical mishaps. This is a valuable tool for therapists, their patients, and the stressed-at-large. --Liane Thomas

The Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illness
by Herbert, M.D. Benson, Eileen M. Stuart (Contributo

Book Description

The Mind/Body Connection
Millions of readers are familiar with the work of Dr. Herbert Benson and the Mind/Body Medical Institute from the mega-bestselling book The Relaxation Response. With over three million copies in print, it is a classic in the field of mind/body medicine. Now, in The Wellness Book, Dr. Benson, Eileen Stuart, and their colleagues at the Institute have created the definitive resource that shows you how to maintain your health and treat stress-related illnesses, including:

• high blood pressure
• cardiovascular disease
• chronic pain
• infertility
• insomnia
• women's health concerns
• anxiety
• symptoms of HIV and cancer

The Wellness Book reflects the cutting edge of health care, giving you the opportunity to gain more control over your own well-being. Use of the book, in combination with modern medical treatments, will aid in prevention and treatment of a number of illnesses and, according to USA Today, "legitimizes the mind/body connection in traditional medicine."