This definitive work contains the combined effort of 30 international contributors who provide an in-depth discussion of neuropsychological rehabilitation, the consequences of brain injury, fundamentals of recovery and current rehabilitation models and treatment. Remarkable in the depth of its content, this publication reveals the numerous changes that have occurred over the past decade and the new pathways to open treating TBI. The text describes the current state of neuropsychology and reviews the most innovative new methodologies (i.e. gene therapy, post traumatic sleep disorder intervention, neural transplants). Also included is up-to-date information on: neuroimaging, neuropsychological techniques, methods for evaluating treatment effectiveness, economic and legal issues, employment guidelines, leisure activities, and community-based programs.

Without guiding principles, clinicians can easily get lost in the maze of problems that an individual with brain injury presents. This book underlines the importance of patients' subjective experience of brain disease or injury, and the frustration and confusion they undergo. It shows that the symptoms picture is a mixture of premorbid cognitive and personal characteristics with the neuropsychological changes directly associated with brain pathology. The book provides guidelines for the remediation of higher cerebral disturbances and the management if patients' interpersonal problems. An invaluable resource for all those involves in neuropsychological rehabilitation.