Neurobehavioural disability (NBD) follows many forms of serious brain
injury and is a major constraint on social independence. This book
brings together a group of leading academics and practising clinicians
to provide an overview of the nature of NBD, considering how it
translates into social handicap, and what can be done to address
associated problems, through social and behavioural rehabilitation,
vocational training and family education.
This fully revised edition takes into account advances in the field,
exploring the range of cognitive, emotional, and behavioural effects of
brain damage most commonly associated with damage to the frontal and
associated structures of the brain that govern social behaviour. This
edition also features increased emphasis on psychological interventions,
as well as new chapters on brain imaging, pharmacotherapy and assistive
technology for disability.
Neurobehavioural Disability and Social Handicap Following Traumatic
Brain Injury is essential reading for clinical psychologists,
psychiatrists and neurologists working in brain injury rehabilitation.
The book will also be of interest to relatives of those with brain
injury seeking better knowledge to understand neurobehavioural
disability, as well as the growing number of therapy care assistants,
case managers, support workers, and social workers responsible for the
day to day care of brain injured people in the community.
