Depression after brain injury can be caused by changes in the brain after a trauma. It can also be caused by the emotional trauma that comes with a brain injury or blast injury as survivors struggle to put their lives together and move forward. Families and caregivers may also become depressed due to the changes in their roles and responsibilities when a parent, spouse, partner or child is injured. These workbooks on depression provide practical tools and information in everyday language to explain the causes, signs, and consequences of depression for adults, veterans and families.
Grief is a normal reaction to loss. This practical workbook and manual helps family members, survivors, and clinicians identify the symptoms and phases of recovery from brain injury. It is filled with personal examples, exercises and information that address cognitive, social, behavioral and functional changes. It can be used as a self-help workbook or with a professional.
The Therapists' Guide is written as a neurobehavioral and cognitive intervention manual for clinicians who counsel persons with brain injury. It provides step-by-step protocols, using the content of the patient workbook Overcoming Grief and Loss after Brain Injury.
Workbook on depression explains the causes, signs, and consequences of depression and mania for individuals and families. Using easy to understand language, it is filled with practical worksheets to identify symptoms, improve coping mechanisms and control moods.
Brain injury rehabilitation self-help workbook for families and adults helps them examine causes of depression and learn how to better manage situations and emotions triggering depression.