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Psychosocial Advances in Neuro-Oncology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 144

Psychosocial Advances in Neuro-Oncology

Neuro-oncology is a rapidly growing field concerned with scientific developments and clinical applications related to neuroscience, neuropsychology, cancer and oncology. Neuro-oncological disorders include cancers that directly affect the central nervous system (CNS), such as brain tumours and brain metastases, and non-CNS cancers with treatments that produce neurocognitive impairment. To date, the biological mechanisms and neuropsychological effects of brain tumour and cancer have been the dominant focus in neuro-oncology literature. In terms of psychosocial aspects of care, people’s understanding of their diagnosis and symptoms and how they cope with their illness has a major influence o...

Self-Identity after Brain Injury
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 245

Self-Identity after Brain Injury

An injury to the brain can affect virtually any aspect of functioning and, at the deepest level, can alter sense of self or the essential qualities that define who we are. In recent years, there has been a growing body of research investigating changes to self in the context of brain injury. Developments in the cognitive and social neurosciences, psychotherapy and neurorehabilitation have together provided a rich perspective on self and identity reformation after brain injury. This book draws upon these theoretical perspectives and research findings to provide a comprehensive account of the impact of brain injury on self-identity. The second half of this book provides an in-depth review of c...

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 627

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

E) Rehabilitation in mainland China -- f) Rehabilitation in Hong Kong -- g) Rehabilitation in Brazil -- h) Rehabilitation in Argentina -- i) Rehabilitation in South Africa -- j) Rehabilitation in Botswana -- SECTION SEVEN Evaluation and general conclusions -- 42 Outcome measures -- 43 Avoiding bias in evaluating rehabilitation -- 44 Challenges in the evaluation of neuropsychological rehabilitation effects -- 45 Summary and guidelines for neuropsychological rehabilitation -- Index

The Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 745

The Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology

Digital media are normal. But this was not always true. For a long time, lay discourse, academic exhortations, pop culture narratives, and advocacy groups constructed new Information and communications technologies (ICTs) as exceptional. Whether they were believed to be revolutionary, dangerous, rife with opportunity, or other-worldly, these tools and technologies were framed as extraordinary. But digital media are now mundane, thoroughly embedded - and often unquestioned - in everyday life. Digital ICTs are enmeshed in health and wellness, work and organizations, elections, capital flows, intimate relationships, social movements, and even our own identities. And although the study of these ...

ICF Core Sets
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1559

ICF Core Sets

ICF Research Branch in cooperation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Family of International Classifications in Germany (at DIMDI) Practical, standardized tools to assess and document functioning, disability, and health according to the WHO ICF in a variety of health conditions and settings The WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the accepted common framework for understanding and documenting functioning and disability. The ICF Core Sets selected for this book have now been developed to facilitate the standardized use of the ICF in real-life clinical practice and thus improve quality of care. By using this collection of clear checklists, ...

A Different Perspective After Brain Injury
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 155

A Different Perspective After Brain Injury

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Series foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 The start of the (almost) end -- Chapter 2 The most exciting day of my life -- Chapter 3 My boring history -- Chapter 4 The Wellington hospital -- Chapter 5 A second childhood -- Chapter 6 The wheelchair and me -- Chapter 7 Standing on two feet -- Chapter 8 Understanding and feeling -- Chapter 9 The Bleakness -- Chapter 10 Clothes make the man -- Chapter 11 A birthday in hospital -- Chapter 12 A tilted point of view -- Chapter 13 The assault on self -- Chapter 14 End of an era -- Chapter 15 The National Health Service -- Chapter...

Rehabilitation 2030
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 54

Rehabilitation 2030

With the rising prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and injuries and the ageing population, there is a substantial and ever-increasing unmet need for rehabilitation. In many parts of the world, however, the capacity to provide rehabilitation is limited or non-existent and fails to adequately address the needs of the population. This report summarizes the key messages of the Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for Action, a WHO hosted meeting which took place in February 2017 and brought together over 200 rehabilitation experts from 46 countries. Information within the report is presented for each session, in chronological order. The Call for Action, list of participants, agenda, infographics and related resources can be found in the report annexes. All other meeting resources, including the background papers, concept note, translated versions of the Call for Action, and accompanying video “Rehabilitation in the 21st century” can be found on the WHO rehabilitation webpage: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2017/02/06/default-calendar/rehabilitation-2030-a-call-for-action.

Upside
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

Upside

Through cutting-edge research and thoughtful personal stories comes a “compassionate, friendly, and empathetic” (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of post-traumatic growth—the emerging idea that psychological trauma doesn’t destroy a person, but can instead spark future growth, self-improvement, and success. What if there’s an upside to experiencing trauma? Most survivors of trauma—whether they live through life-threatening illnesses or accidents, horror on the battlefield, or the loss of a loved one—can suffer for months, even years. But recently, psychologists have discovered that PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is only a piece of the whole experience. With the right circu...

Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 486

Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury

Progress in research on traumatic brain injury is presented in this book encompassing translational and clinical investigations. Observational and interventional studies are discussed by leading investigators of TBI in adults and children. Contributors from various countries provide a global perspective on this worldwide health problem.

Identity Unknown
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 189

Identity Unknown

Imagine being unable to recognise your spouse, your children, or even yourself when you look in the mirror, despite having good eyesight and being able to read well and name objects. This is a condition which, in rare cases, some brain injury survivors experience every day. Identity Unknown gives an exceptional, poignant and in-depth understanding of what it is like to live with the severe after-effects of brain damage caused by a viral infection of the brain. It tells the story of Claire, a nurse, wife, and mother of four, who having survived encephalitis, was left with an inability to recognise faces – a condition also known as prosopagnosia together with a loss of knowledge of people an...