Wilson B.A., Gracey F., Evans J.J., Bateman A. (eds.) Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Theory, Models, Therapy and Outcome

Cambridge University Press, 2009. — 381 p. — ISBN: 9780521841498The aim of neuropsychological rehabilitation is to enable people with cognitive, emotional, or behavioural deficits to achieve their maximum potential in the domains of psychological, social, leisure, vocational or everyday functioning. Describing the holistic programme devised and adopted at the world famous Oliver Zangwill Centre and embracing a broad theoretical base, incorporating a variety of frameworks, theories and models, this book proposes an integrated approach to brain injury rehabilitation by an interdisciplinary team. The coverage explains the underlying principles involved, describes the group therapies employed, highlights a selection of real case examples and reviews the outcomes measured and achieved. This book is essential reading for clinical neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, neurologists, physiotherapists, social workers and nurses.Background and Theory:
Towards a comprehensive model of neuropsychological rehabilitation
Evidence for the effectiveness of neuropsychological rehabilitation
Goal setting as a way of planning and evaluating neuropsychological rehabilitation
The Oliver Zangwill Centre approach to neuropsychological rehabilitation
Group Interventions:
The Understanding Brain Injury (UBI) Group
The Cognitive Group, part 1: attention and goal management
The Cognitive Group, part 2: memory
The Mood Management Group
The Psychological Support Group
Working with families in neuropsychological rehabilitation
Communication Group
Practically-based project groups
Case Illustrations:
Peter: successful rehabilitation following a severe head injury with cerebro-vascular complications
Lorna: applying models of language, calculation, and learning within holistic rehabilitation - from dysphasia and dyscalculia to independent cooking and travel
Caroline: treating PTSD after traumatic brain injury
Interdisciplinary vocational rehabilitation addressing pain, fatigue, anxiety and impulsivity: Yusuf and his 'new rules for business and life'
Judith: learning to do things 'at the drop of a hat': behavioural experiments to explore and change the 'meaning' in meaningful functional activity
Simon: brain injury and the family - the inclusion of children, family members and wider systems in the rehabilitation process
Adam: extending the therapeutic milieu into the community in the rehabilitation of a client with severe aphasia and apraxia
Malcolm: coping with the effects of Balint's syndrome and topographical disorientation
Kate: cognitive recovery and emotional adjustment in a young woman who was unresponsive for several months
Outcomes:
Is this approach effective? Outcome measurement at the Oliver Zangwill Centre