Bibliograph

The traumatized brain, a family guide to understanding mood, memory, and behavior after brain injury, Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, and Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD ; foreword by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

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The traumatized brain, a family guide to understanding mood, memory, and behavior after brain injury, Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, and Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD ; foreword by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The traumatized brain

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

900684562

Responsibility statement

Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, and Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD ; foreword by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

Series statement

A Johns Hopkins Press health book

Sub title

a family guide to understanding mood, memory, and behavior after brain injury

Summary

"Neuropsychiatrists Drs. Vani Rao and Sandeep Vaishnavi--experts in helping people heal after head trauma--explain how traumatic brain injury, whether mild, moderate, or severe, affects the brain. They advise readers on the treatment of emotional symptoms such as depression, anxiety, mania, and apathy; the management of behavioral symptoms such as psychosis, aggression, impulsivity, and sleep disturbances; and ways to improve cognitive functions like attention, memory, executive functioning, and language. They also discuss headaches, seizures, vision problems, and other neurological symptoms of traumatic brain injury."--Page [4] of cover

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Brain structure, function, and recovery. The inner workings of the brain -- The structure of the brain -- Types of traumatic brain injury -- Influences on recovery after traumatic brain injury -- Emotional problems caused by the traumatized brain. Depression -- Anxiety -- Mania -- Apathy -- Behavioral problems caused by the traumatized brain. Psychosis -- Aggression -- Impulsivity -- Sleep disturbances -- Cognitive problems caused by the traumatized brain. Attention -- Memory -- Executive function -- Language -- Other common problems caused by the traumatized brain. Headaches -- Seizures -- Vision -- Epilogue

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