brain injury - table of contents
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Chapter Four: In the First Degree: Mild Head Injury ...........38 Introduction: The Impact of the Brain in Today’s World........1 Chapter Eleven: The Process of Rehabilitation ..................130 Chapter Six: Physical Symptoms of Brain Injury ..................67 Chapter Two: When Brain Injury Occurs ................................24 Chapter Thirteen: The Family Circle...................................165 Chapter Ten: The Treatment Team........................................120TRANSCRIPT
I n t r o d u c t i o n : The Impact of the Brain in To d a y ’s Wo r l d. . . . . . . .1
Chapter One: An Anatomy Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Chapter Tw o : When Brain Injury Occurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 4
Chapter Three: Degrees of Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 3
Chapter Four: In the First Degree: Mild Head Injury . . . . . . . . . . .3 8
Chapter Five: The Doctor as Detective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 9
Chapter Six: Physical Symptoms of Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 7
Chapter Seven: Cognitive Symptoms of Brain Injury. . . . . . . . . . .7 9
Chapter Eight: Behavioral Symptoms of Brain Injury. . . . . . . . . .9 3
Chapter Nine: How to Pick the Right Rehabilitation Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 9
Chapter Ten: The Treatment Te a m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 2 0
Chapter Eleven: The Process of Rehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 3 0
Chapter Tw e l v e :Neural Plasticity: The Exciting New Future of Recovery . . . . .155
Chapter Thirteen: The Family Circle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 6 5
Chapter Fourteen: Questions Family Members Commonly Ask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 8 0
Epilogue: The Future is Now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 9 5
Education and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 9 7
S o u r c e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 0 1
I n d e x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 5
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