Full Description
This workbook is designed as both a reference for in-depth clinical information as well as a hands-on tool for addressing the many challenges of living with a brain injury. As survivors, families and caregivers achieve new goals, encounter setbacks, and meet new challenges, this workbook provides information, strategies, tools, and checklists that will guide the reader through the next phase of recovery.
Twelve chapters discuss critical issues that most survivors, families and caregivers deal with at some stage in recovery after a brain injury. The workbook starts with helping readers understand what happens when the brain is injured and describes the complex medical issues involved for survival. As all families know, medical treatment comes at a cost, and there are many more hidden costs for families. A chapter on financial and health care concerns tackles the often confusing array of disability benefits, financial support, and health insurance. As survivors leave the hospital or rehabilitation setting, the chapter on neuropsychological assessment helps prepare them for returning home and reentering their community. Next is a chapter on the use of medications for the behavioral and emotional changes that often accompany a brain injury, with worksheets to help manage medications and to discuss treatment with your physician.
The next chapters address the changes in behaviors that are so often stressful, confusing and difficult to manage at home. Closely linked to this topic is a chapter on the emotional challenges, including depression and anxiety, that can affect both survivors and caregivers.
Next is a chapter on employment strategies and resources for survivors who are seeking a first time job or are considering returning to work. Closely linked to this is the next chapter on managing cognitive changes and fatigue in order to lead a more productive and fulfilling life.
For those readers with a child who has been injured, there is a special chapter on returning to school after brain injury that focuses on the critical transition to adult life.
The risks of alcohol and other drug use after brain injury are frankly discussed, as substances are too often used in attempts to fight depression, isolation, and other losses. The chapter on veterans discusses not only the consequences of blast injuries and brain trauma but also post traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) as service members return home. Because so many survivors have found themselves socially isolated as time passes since their injury, the final chapter focuses on re-connecting with relationships and community activities.
As you can see from this list, the authors have addressed a wide range of topics and issues that survivors, families and caregivers have said are critical for their recovery.
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| Item | LVLF |
| ISBN# | 9781931117609 |
| Pages | 211 pages plus CD with 46 worksheets and forms |
| Year | 2011 |
Contents
Ch 1 Medical Issues and the Nature of Recovery after Brain Injury by Kathleen Bell, M.D.
Ch 2 Financial and Healthcare Concerns by Robert Fraser, Ph.D.; Kurt Johnson, Ph.D.
Ch 3 Neuropsychological Assessment by Gwendolyn Gerner, Psy.D.; David Schretlen, Ph.D.
Ch 4 Medications: Psychopharmacology after Brain Injury by Samantha Behbahani, Psy.D.; Efrain Gonzalez, Psy.D.
Ch 5 Managing Behavioral Changes by Thomas Novack, Ph.D.
Ch 6 Managing Depression, Anxiety, and Emotional Challenges by Dawn Ehde, Ph.D.; Jesse Fann, M.D.
Ch 7 Employment Strategies and Resources by Robert Fraser, Ph.D.; Paul Wehman, Ph.D.; Pamela Targett, MEd
Ch 8 Strategies and Accommodations to Manage Cognitive Changes and Fatigue by Kurt Johnson, Ph.D.; Kathryn Yorkston, Ph.D.
Ch 9 Returning to School after Brain Injury: Transition to Adult Life by Pat Brown, Ed.D.
Ch 10 Alcohol and Other Drug Use after Brain Injury by Charles Bombardier, Ph.D.
Ch 11 Veterans and Brain Injury by Maureen O'Connor, Psy.D.; Charles Drebing, Ph.D.
Ch 12 Re-connecting with Relationships and Community Activities by Angelle Sander, Ph.D.; Allison Clark, Ph.D.
Excerpts
Endorsements
“Living Life Fully after Brain Injury provides an excellent introduction and ongoing reference for people with brain injury and their families. It covers a wide range of critical topics from clinical aspects to community re-integration to financial matters about brain injury in a readable, very accessible format.”
James F. Malec, Ph.D., ABPP-Cn, Rp
Professor & Research Director
PM&R, Indiana University School of Medicine and
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana
Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Mayo Clinic
“This valuable workbook provides many practical suggestions to help persons with TBI and their family members understand and cope with the effects of brain injury. It raises many issues that can be the basis of discussion when seeking help from a variety of rehabilitation specialists. I certainly will encourage patients that I see to utilize it.”
George P. Prigatano, Ph.D.
Newsome Chair, Department of Clinical Neuropsychology
Barrow Neurological Institute
“This thoughtful and helpful book, Living Life Fully after Traumatic Brain Injury, is much needed and long over-due after ten years of war whose signature injury is Traumatic Brain Injury. Vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and also vets from earlier wars as well as their families, loved ones and caregivers will benefit from this guide to recovery. A must for all veterans, families and significant others dealing with TBI, the workbook makes the information practical and immediately accessible.”
Shad Meshad
President and Founder National Veterans Foundation
“What a great Workbook for people whose lives are affected by brain injury! The section on the neuropsych exam really explained things in a way that will help me relate it to people who call the TBI Resource Center. I also really like the checklists and worksheets. So helpful! Thank you.”
Jessica Giordano MA, CIRS
Washington TBI Resource Center Operations Manager
The Brain Injury Association of Washington
“This comprehensive and detailed workbook is a wealth of information provided by an impressive group of experts in the field of brain injury, presented in a practically-oriented easy-to-understand format. It will be an invaluable guide to survivors, family members and caregivers, providing clear information and practical assistance as they negotiate the complex and often confusing path toward living well after brain injury.”
Jeffrey S. Smigielski, Ph.D., ABPP-Cn
Consultant in Psychology
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor, Mayo Medical School
“Living Life Fully is an invaluable, practical, clearly-written addition to the bookshelf of families with a brain injury survivor. It is a comprehensive guide to the nature of brain injury, specialists involved in treatment, problematic behaviors common among survivors (and how to handle them), and issues that will arise after hospital discharge. The text was obviously written with interested and intelligent but nonspecialist readers in mind. True to its subtitle, this is indeed a workbook full of useful forms, charts, graphs, website information, etc. An accompanying CD contains all forms in the book, so they can be downloaded for permanent storage an excellent idea, as the paperback book itself may well eventually disintegrate from frequent use. The editors and contributors are owed a huge debt of gratitude from the brain injury community. Families will want this information close at hand for years to come and rehabilitation specialists can recommend it with enthusiasm.”
Bruce Caplan, Ph.D., ABPP, FACRM
Senior Editor, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
“This is a practical guide to living life fully after an acquired brain injury written by the experts in the field. It is full of expert information presented at a level that can be understood by the lay reader. The authors provide the essential background information and then follow this with practical guidance presented in easy to read tables. If every person with a brain injury and their family used this book they would be better able to work with their medical team and maximize their quality of life.”
Stephen T. Wegener, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor and Director,
Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Reviews
“Living Life Fully after Brain Injury provides an excellent introduction and ongoing reference for people with brain injury and their families. It covers a wide range of critical topics—from clinical aspects to community re-integration to financial matters—about brain injury in a readable, very accessible format.”
James F. Malec, Ph.D., ABPP-Cn, Rp
Professor & Research Director
PM&R, Indiana University Schoolof Medicine and
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana
Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Mayo Clinic
This valuable workbook provides many practical suggestions to help persons with TBI and their family members understand and cope with the effects of brain injury. It raises many issues that can be the basis of discussion when seeking help from a variety of rehabilitation specialists. I certainly will encourage patients that I see to utilize it."
George P. Prigatano, Ph.D.
Newsome Chair, Department of Clinical Neuropsychology
Barrow Neurological Institute
This thoughtful and helpful book,Living Life Fully after Traumatic Brain Injury, is much needed and long over-due after ten years of war whose signature injury is Traumatic Brain Injury. Vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and also vets from earlier wars as well as their families, loved ones and caregivers will benefit from this guide to recovery. A must for all veterans, families and significant others dealing with TBI, the workbook makes the information practical and immediately accessible.”
Shad Meshad,
President and Founder
National Veterans Foundation
What a great Workbook for people whose lives are affected by brain injury! The section on the neuropsych exam really explained things in a way that will help me relate it to people who call the TBI Resource Center. I also really like the checklists and worksheets. So helpful! Thank you.
Jessica Giordano MA, CIRS
Washington TBI Resource Center Operations Manager
The Brain Injury Association of Washington
"This comprehensive and detailed workbook is a wealth of information provided by an impressive group of experts in the field of brain injury, presented in a practically-oriented easy-to-understand format. It will be an invaluable guide to survivors, family members and caregivers, providing clear information and practical assistance as they negotiate the complex and often confusing path toward toward living well after brain injury.”
Jeffrey S. Smigielski, PhD, ABPP-Cn
Consultant in Psychology
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor, Mayo Medical School
Living Life Fully is an invaluable, practical, clearly-written addition to the bookshelf of families with a brain injury survivor. It is a comprehensive guide to the nature of brain injury, specialists involved in treatment, problematic behaviors common among survivors (and how to handle them), and issues that will arise after hospital discharge. The text was obviously written with interested and intelligent – but nonspecialist – readers in mind. True to its subtitle, this is indeed a “workbook” full of useful forms, charts, graphs, website information, etc. An accompanying CD contains all forms in the book, so they can be downloaded for permanent storage – an excellent idea, as the paperback book itself may well eventually disintegrate from frequent use. The editors and contributors are owed a huge debt of gratitude from the brain injury community. Families will want this information close at hand for years to come and rehabilitation specialists can recommend it with enthusiasm.
Bruce Caplan, Ph.D.,ABPP,FACRM
Senior Editor, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
This is a practical guide to living life fully after an acquired brain injury written by the experts in the field. It is full of expert information presented at a level that can be understood by the lay reader. The authors provide the essential background information and then follow this with practical guidance presented in easy to read tables. If every person with a brain injury and their family used this book they would be better able to work with their medical team and maximize their quality of life.
Stephen T. Wegener, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor and Director, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology
and Neuropsychology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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