Designs for Strong Minds (DSM) puzzles and the DSM mediation technique are vital tools in helping previously high-functioning adults who have mild or moderate posttraumatic head injuries. DSM treatment focuses…
The field of cognitive rehabilitation has reached a point where financial resources are meager compared with the 1980s. Although there are benefits to more streamlined treatment, we now must be…
For the patient who has sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI), understanding the problem and listening to and believing the patient are prerequisites to treating pain. Because the information provided may…
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases are medically complex, involving the physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional aspects of the survivor. Often catastrophic, these cases require substantial financial resources not only…
Communication-related disability is common after childhood traumatic brain injury. In most cases, the problems are secondary to executive function, cognitive, or behavioral impairments. Many of the problems persist and have…
Recent advances in MRI have provided the opportunity to map changes in hemodynamics that correspond to cognitive and sensory operations. These advances in noninvasive, low-risk, imaging environments have extended the…
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly impacts on the connections and interactions between signals from sensory, cognitive, motor and emotional systems and signals transmitted via both visual and non-visual retinal fiber pathways….
Although it is obvious that people exerting full effort on a test score higher than people making less effort, it is not obvious to what degree poor effort affects neuropsychological…
Many people who sustain a brain injury also lose decisional capacity. They need someone who will be a partner with clinicians in making decisions on their behalf. This article reviews…
