The Invisible Brain Injury

Author : Aurora Lassaletta Atienza
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000728110
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invisible Brain Injury written by Aurora Lassaletta Atienza and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Invisible Brain Injury recounts, in her own words, the experience of Aurora Lassaletta, a clinical psychologist who suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a traffic accident. Presenting her unique dual perspective as both a patient and a clinician, Aurora highlights the less visible cognitive, emotional and behavioural symptoms common to acquired brain injury (ABI). This moving account showcases Aurora’s growing awareness of her impairments, their manifestation in daily life, how they are perceived, or not, by others and the tools that helped her survive. Each chapter combines Aurora’s perspective with the scientific view of a professional neuropsychologist or physiatrist who provide commentaries on her various symptoms. This book is valuable reading for professionals involved in neurorehabilitation and clinical neuropsychology and for clinical psychology students. It is a must read for ABI survivors, those around them and clinicians, who are all an essential part of the rehabilitation, adjustment and acceptance process involved with ABI.

Author : Patricia P. Driscoll
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1935149016
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts written by Patricia P. Driscoll and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelling stories of American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with what are now considered this war's signature injuries-- TBI and PTSD -- along with the experiences of our mental health professionals newly mobilized to assist them.

Author : Sheryl Gallo PsyD
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504370872
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After the Invisible Brain Injury written by Sheryl Gallo PsyD and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the cutting edge of knowledge about alternative and effective strategies for recovery from a brain injury. After a brain injury, it can turn one’s world upside down. This book allows readers to understand symptoms of brain injury, how the brain heals, different types of treatment modalities, and how hypnosis influences recover in brain injury.

Author : Katie L. Patterson
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426966466
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Invisible Injury written by Katie L. Patterson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life can change in an instant; one bad decision can change the course of a life forever. Everyone deserves a day off, righta much-needed day off that provides a little relief from a very busy schedule. But what if that day changes everything and your life is never the same? My Invisible Injury shares author Katie Pattersons inspiring story of a life now changed after one fateful day, when she took a chance and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Katie chronicles her life since an accident caused not only major trauma to her brain but also severe injuries to her left leg. She recalls three years of recovery, lots of rehabilitation, and countless surgeriesremembering both her good days and bad days. She shares the struggles she encountered throughout her recoverythe months of aggressive therapy, surgeries, and hospitalization. My Invisible Injury illustrates the sheer power of Katies determination to recoverthe strength to overcome her injuries and grow as a person. By learning how to deal with the challenges that are associated with such a devastating injury, Katie has found the way back to her life.

Author : Michael S. Arthur
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000540170
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embracing Hope After Traumatic Brain Injury written by Michael S. Arthur and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book provides a firsthand account of a university professor who experienced traumatic brain injury. It tells the story of Michael Arthur, who had recently accepted a position as vice principal of a new high school. After only two weeks on the job, he was involved in a car accident while driving through an intersection in northern Utah. Through his personal account, he takes the reader into the dark interworkings of his mind as he tries to cope with his new reality. He provides insight into how he learned how to process information and even speak without stumbling on his words while also sharing how his significant relationships suffered as he tried to navigate the restless seas of doubt while trying to circumvent his unyielding symptoms. The book is about finding optimism and gaining insight into the struggles of the brain-injured patient and about trying to understand the perspectives of loved ones who can’t quite grasp the idea of an invisible injury. From the sudden onset of garbled speech to the challenges of processing information, the changing dynamic of the author’s life is highlighted to help family members and healthcare workers better understand.

Author : Hannah Andrusky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478729006
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living the Invisible Disability written by Hannah Andrusky and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This portrait of many months recovering has much to teach the physicians as well as lay readers. The condition she struggled with is neither rare nor trivial, but unfortunately, remains medically unaddressed." - Bruce Beutler Nobel Prize Winner & Laureate 2011. "As a close friend to Hannah and no stranger to brain injuries after playing in the NFL as a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills for sixteen years and being ranked 10th in NFL history, I watched Hannah regress slowly. I had just lost my friend, Junior Seau, to suicide resulting from a brain injury. I couldn't sit back and let her fall too. Today, the controversy over concussions and post concussion syndrome is growing rapidly. This timely book sheds a light for all those who have suffered from it." - Andre Reed NFL Hall of Fame 2014.

Author : Jennifer J. Vasterling
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1462503381
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book PTSD and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury written by Jennifer J. Vasterling and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can each cause significant functional impairment--and these "invisible injuries" frequently co-occur. Events that lead to traumatic brain injury are often also psychologically traumatic. This authoritative volume brings together leading experts in PTSD and mTBI to explore the nature, consequences, and management of these interacting conditions. Presenting cutting-edge research and clinical practices, the book meets a growing need among mental health practitioners in both civilian and military contexts. The volume focuses on the complexities of caring for patients with comorbid PTSD and mTBI, whether caused by war-zone experiences, motor vehicle accidents, domestic violence or other interpersonal assaults, or sports concussions. Contributors examine the biological and psychosocial mechanisms underlying both disorders as well as potential ways they may affect each other. Commonly associated problems that may further complicate recovery--chronic pain and substance abuse--are also discussed in detail. Reviewing empirically based best practices in assessment and treatment, chapters offer recommendations for tailoring interventions to different patients' needs. Important topics include how to deal with dilemmas in evaluation and what treatment strategies work best for addressing overlapping symptoms. The book also considers ways to improve the structure and cost-effectiveness of providing care in this challenging area. Throughout, scientific controversies and unanswered questions are highlighted and promising directions for future research identified. Synthesizing knowledge from multiple disciplines, this is an essential reference for mental health practitioners and trauma specialists--including neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers--as well as graduate students and trainees.

Author : Heidi Lerner
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781467804066
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gray Matters written by Heidi Lerner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intriguing Book of Poetry Published by a Brain Injury Survivor Gray Matters, Brain Injury: The Inside Perspective is a book filled with poetic insights of a woman who lived through a near-fatal brain injury. Her intimate knowledge and sense of humor can help survivors cope, as well as better understand their injuries and themselves. This book gives a personal sense or Inside Perspective of brain injury, thus enabling readers to better understand brain injury survivors. Brain injury occurs around the world in a variety of circumstances; in sports events, motor-vehicle accidents, terrorist attacks & war (and the list goes on)... According to the International Brain Injury Association, head injury is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Thirty percent of the soldiers that have returned from Iraq and are returning from Afghanistan have Traumatic Brain Injuries; more than two percent of the United States' population has sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury. Even with brain injury being so widespread, it is still hard to identify people living with the complications of this “invisible disability.” Ms. Lerner knows that the lack of awareness regarding brain injury makes survivors’ lives quite problematic. Writing Gray Matters was aimed at easing the integration of survivors back into the community. With a creative flair, she informs her readers about brain injury; she strikes a chord by sharing personal changes, loss and challenges, thus giving readers a sense of what it is like to walk in the shoes of a brain injury survivor. The chapters of the book cover topics including: brain injury, the symptoms of injury, rehabilitation, the brain, academic rehab, recreational therapy (including nature & the ocean's healing influence) and brain injury peer support. This book will considerably help brain injury survivors to better understand their injury and themselves, it will also aid them by being better understood by others. Gray Matters has helped family members and friends to better understand their loved ones. This book can also be a great asset to rehab professionals, by giving them a more intimate understanding of the dilemmas of a brain injury; for only when you know what an individual’s problem is, can you treat it. Gray Matters offers an articulate, introspective and sometimes humorous view of what it is like to suffer a near-fatal blow to the head and live with its complications. The author presents a thorough, subjective viewpoint as well as a professional and objective understanding of brain injury. Gray Matters presents a deeper understanding of the inner-workings of the mind and how in many ways, brain injury effects life as we know it.

Author : Claudia L. Osborn
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740705984
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Over My Head written by Claudia L. Osborn and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hit by a car while bicycling Osborn, an internist at a Detroit hospital, suffered injuries. Recounts the struggles and frustrations of a gradually learning strategies to compensate for the lack of certain brain functions. An exceptionally well-written and engaging account. PW review.

Author : Amy Zellmer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519101440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life With a Traumatic Brain Injury written by Amy Zellmer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of short stories originally published in The Huffington Post."