Concussive brain trauma : neurobehavioral impairment and maladaptation / Rolland S. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Rolland S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Concussion.

Brain.

Brain damage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (855 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Continuing the tradition of the bestselling first edition, this second edition provides comprehensive coverage of neurobehavioral disorders in children and adults following impact and acceleration accidents. Completely revised and updated, the book includes comprehensive coverage of consciousness including normal, acute, and persistent alterations. Drawing on his training, education, and experience in human physiology, neuroanatomy, and endocrinology, the author not only gives readers a solid foundation for understanding, diagnosing, and treating concussive brain trauma, but also gives them tools to increase standards of care--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Concussion: Not Always "Minor" Head Injury; Chapter 2: Introduction to the Postconcussion Syndrome; Chapter 3: The Central Nervous System: Organization of Behavior; Chapter 4: Acute Alterations of Consciousness; Chapter 5: The Internal Milieu: Brain and Body; Chapter 6: Biomechanics and Tissue Injuries; Chapter 7: Acute Brain and Somatic Injury; Chapter 8: The Acute Stress Response; Chapter 9: Chronic Posttraumatic Stress: Injury, Disease, and Burnout; Chapter 10: Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Concussion

Chapter 11: Disorders of Sensation, Motion, and Body SchemaChapter 12: Vocal Motor Disorders; Chapter 13: Chronic Pain and Posttraumatic Headaches; Chapter 14: Chronic Posttraumatic Disorders of Consciousness; Chapter 15: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence; Chapter 16: Posttraumatic Personality Disorders; Chapter 17: Children's Brain Trauma; Chapter 18: Outcome and Treatment: Concussive Trauma; Chapter 19: Biomechanical Perspective on Blast Injury: Comorbid Brain and Somatic Trauma; Glossary; References; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-000-65436-2

0-429-12617-4

1-283-34976-0

9786613349767

1-4200-0798-X

9780429126178

OCLC:

899154954