Overview

With a focus on a public health problem affecting millions of people of all ages, Concussive Brain Trauma: Neurobehavioral Impairment and Maladaptation examines the condition variously described as concussive brain injury and dispels the idea that ...minor...head injury usually has a benign outcome. Topics include the physical principles of neurotrauma, the process of brain injury acutely over time, characteristics of normal and altered states of consciousness, the range of other dysfunction such as mental level, sensorimotor memory and concentration. Parker; Rolland New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York,,

Full Product Details

9780849397073

Table of Contents

Reviews

In Concussive Brain Trauma: Neurobehavioral Impairment and Maladaptation, Rolland Parker has made a significant contribution to the joint fields of neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology. By defining and clarifying concepts and terminology and then exemplifying them with real-life clinical cases, he has provided all practitioners with a valuable and user-friendly reference source. -Leo J. Shea III, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine Dr. Parker's book champions the cause of those with persistent sequelae following mild brain injury who are unable to adequately relate a complete picture of the injury's effect upon their lives, who find an insensitivity to their subjective complaints because of their less than full recovery, and who are neglected and forsaken because they have an invisible disorder and are in the minority. -Michael F. Martelli, Ph.D., Director, Rehabilitation Neuropsychology, Concussion Care Center of Virginia the baseline which all future textbooks on this subject must be evaluated against. The complete presentation of the issue, in a readable format, is the major accomplishment. It both distills information from approximately 1,300 references, and adds the author's insights. The result is a volume which is of immense help to those who treat or serve individuals with concussive brain disorders. -Joseph E. Havranek, Ed.D., CRC, Rehab Pro Journal, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals

"""In Concussive Brain Trauma: Neurobehavioral Impairment and Maladaptation, Rolland Parker has made a significant contribution to the joint fields of neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology. By defining and clarifying concepts and terminology and then exemplifying them with real-life clinical cases, he has provided all practitioners with a valuable and user-friendly reference source."" -Leo J. Shea III, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine ""Dr. Parker's book champions the cause of those with persistent sequelae following mild brain injury who are unable to adequately relate a complete picture of the injury's effect upon their lives, who find an insensitivity to their subjective complaints because of their less than full recovery, and who are neglected and forsaken because they have an invisible disorder and are in the minority."" -Michael F. Martelli, Ph.D., Director, Rehabilitation Neuropsychology, Concussion Care Center of Virginia ""the baseline which all future textbooks on this subject must be evaluated against. The complete presentation of the issue, in a readable format, is the major accomplishment. It both distills information from approximately 1,300 references, and adds the author's insights. The result is a volume which is of immense help to those who treat or serve individuals with concussive brain disorders."" -Joseph E. Havranek, Ed.D., CRC, Rehab Pro Journal, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals"

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available