Table of Contents

Introduction

            Importance of professional help

            Effort is essential

            Exercise your mind

            Heal your brain

            One step, one day at a tine

Chapter 1 An Overview of MTB

            Warning signs related to traumatic brain injury

            Incidence of TBI

            Symptoms of MTBI

            Exercises:         Gauging your symptoms

                                    Symptom checklist

                                    The symptoms of post concussive syndrome

                                    Letter search

Chapter 2 Anatomy of the Brain

            The five cognitive domains

            The four lobes

            Important brain regions related to cognition

            Exercises:         Cognitive domains

                                    Maze 1

                                    Cognitive domains

Chapter 3 What Happens to the Brain after an MTBI

            Types of MTBI

            The varieties of damage in MTBI

            How MTBI affects your brain function

            Exercise:           Maze 2

Chapter 4 Measuring the Severity of the Injury

            Guaging severity

            When is hospitalization necessary?

            Exercises:         Symptom severity rating scale

                                    Cognitive anagrams

                                    Maze 3

Chapter 5 Setting Goals

            Set goals for yourself

            Use your goals as a guide

            Exercises:         Maze 4

                                    Establishing goals

                                    Number search

Chapter 6 Managing Your Medical Care

            Choose one primary care physician

            Your neurocognitive rehabilitation team

            The neurological evaluation

            Exercise:           Maze 5

Chapter 7 Physical Aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury

            Headaches

            Weakness

            Poor balance

            Seizures

            Sexuality

            Fatigue

            Exercise

            Moving toward rehabilitation

            Exercise:           Symbol search

Chapter 8 The Senses

            The complexity of the senses

            Exercises:         Maze 6

                                    Testing your cranial nerves

Chapter 9 Attention

            Review of maze exercises

            Take a look

            Tuning in to attention

            Exercises:         Selective attention

                                    Alternating attention

                                    Divided attention

            Improving your attention

            Exercises:         Active attention vs passive attention, part 1

                                    Active attention vs passive attention, part 2

            Review the attention exercises

            Taking it to the outside world

Chapter 10 Memory

            An overview of memory

            The left brain or the right brain?

            Building memory muscle

            A word on relaxation

            Additional help

            Exercises:         Visual or verbal memory orientation

                                    Cleaning the attic – free recall vs recognition

                                    Talking to remember

Chapter 11 Cognitive Communication

            Language and cognition

            Recovering your language abilities

            Language in your life

            Exercises:         Verbal association

                                    Word puzzles

                                    Purposeful pronunciation and compulsory comprehension

Chapter 12 Visuospatial Processing

            The way that vision works

            Repairing your visuospatial deficits

            Your sight, your world

            Exercises:         Block decipher

                                    Visual discrimination

                                    Locate the regions of the brain

                                    Figure ground

Chapter 13 Depression

            Depression and MTBI are intertwined

            The problem of depression and MTBI

            Seeking professional help

            A word of reassurance

            Exercises:         Depression assessment

                                    The downward arrow

Chapter 14 Anxiety

            The nature of anxiety

            Anxiety and MTBI

            Relaxation

            Relaxation every day

            Exercises:         Learning to relax

                                    Progressive muscle relaxation

                                    Abdominal breathing

                                    Guided visualization

Conclusion Putting It All Together

            Goals review

            Exercise:           Goals review

            In closing

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