Barbara A. Wilson

Jill Winegardner

Caroline M. van Heugten

Rehabilitación neuropsicológica. Manual internacional conjunta el trabajo de investigadores especializados en aspectos generales de la intervención neuropsicológica, en la atención de diversas poblaciones clínicas, en la rehabilitación de trastornos cognitivos específicos, rehabilitación de trastornos psicosociales, en métodos actuales de intervención, en temas emergentes y en tecnología aplicada a la rehabilitación, desde una perspectiva cultural y global. En este libro se mencionan los distintos alcances que puede tener un programa de rehabilitación pero se destaca sobre todo el enfoque holístico, de acuerdo con el cual la rehabilitación no debe limitarse a las funciones cognitivas, sino debe trabajarse en equipo para que el paciente, en la medida de lo posible, tenga una reinserción en su vida cotidiana con la mayor independencia posible. Por la forma tan actualizada, sintética y clara en la que se escribe cada capítulo este libro puede ser de interés y utilidad tanto para especialistas en neuropsicología y rehabilitación, a quienes les permite una actualización en temas específicos, como para aquellos lectores que estén iniciando su formación en la neuropsicología clínica y tomen este libro como un primer acercamiento a la rehabilitación neuropsicológica. De igual forma, los neurólogos, psiquiatras, terapeutas del lenguaje y psicólogos clínicos interesados en entender las repercusiones del daño cerebral y la labor de la rehabilitación neuropsicológica pueden encontrar en este manual información valiosa para guiar su trabajo clínico.

Manual internacional

Rehabilitación neuropsicológica

Tamara Ownsworth

This outstanding new handbook offers unique coverage of all aspects of neuropsychological rehabilitation. Compiled by the world’s leading clinician-researchers, and written by an exceptional team of international contributors, the book is vast in scope, including chapters on the many and varied components of neuropsychological rehabilitation across the life span within one volume. Divided into sections, the first part looks at general issues in neuropsychological rehabilitation including theories and models, assessment and goal setting. The book goes on to examine the different populations referred for neuropsychological rehabilitation and then focuses on the rehabilitation of first cognitive and then psychosocial disorders. New and emerging approaches such as brain training and social robotics are also considered, alongside an extensive section on rehabilitation around the world, particularly in under-resourced settings. The final section offers some general conclusions and an evaluation of the key issues in this important field. This is a landmark publication for neuropsychological rehabilitation. It is the standalone reference text for the field as well as essential reading for all researchers, students and practitioners in clinical neuropsychology, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy. It will also be of great value to those in related professions such as neurologists, rehabilitation physicians, rehabilitation psychologists and medics.

The International Handbook

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Fiona Ashworth

This is the first book of its kind to include the personal accounts of people who have survived injury to the brain, along with professional therapists' reports of their progress through rehabilitation. The paintings and stories of survivors combine with experts' discussions of the theory and practice of brain injury rehabilitation to illustrate the ups and downs that survivors encounter in their journey from pre-injury status to insult and post-injury rehabilitation. Wilson, Winegardner and Ashworth's focus on the survivors' perspective shows how rehabilitation is an interactive process between people with brain injury, health care staff, and others, and gives the survivors the chance to tell their own stories of life before their injury, the nature of the insult, their early treatment, and subsequent rehabilitation. Presenting practical approaches to help survivors of brain injury achieve functionally relevant and meaningful goals, Life After Brain Injury: Survivors’ Stories will help all those working in rehabilitation understand the principles involved in holistic brain injury rehabilitation and how these principles, combined with theory and models, translate into clinical practice. This book will be of great interest to anyone who wishes to extend their knowledge of the latest theories and practices involved in making life more manageable for people who have suffered damage to the brain. Life After Brain Injury: Survivors’ Stories will also be essential for clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, and anybody dealing with acquired brain injury whether they be a survivor of a brain injury themselves, a relative, a friend or a carer.

Jill Winegardner

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