Brainlash : maximize your recovery from mild brain injury / Gail L. Denton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denton, Gail L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain damage--Popular works.

Brain damage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mild traumatic brain injury can happen to anyone, anytimein cars, sports, or workplace accidents, falls, or through physical assault, including domestic violence and shaken-baby syndrome. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control estimates that 1.4 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, and that at least 5.3 million Americans currently have long-term or lifelong need for help to perform activities of daily living as a result of a TBI.Brainlash provides the tools and facts to make the recovery process more intelligible -- and to support the wide range of

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Journal Entry; Special Note; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Beginnings; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Questionnaire; Part II Life Issues; Chapter 3 Lifestyle Changes and Challenges; Chapter 4 For Family Members; Chapter 5 Support Systems; Chapter 6 Work; Chapter 7 Driving; Chapter 8 Play; Chapter 9 Sexual Response; Chapter 10 Re-entry; Chapter 11 Travel; Chapter 12 Parenting and Couples Issues; Part III Executive Functions; Chapter 13 Executive Functions; Chapter 14 Attention Span and Overwhelm; Chapter 15 Talking and Thinking

Chapter 16 SequencingChapter 17 Stamina, Fatigue, and Energy; Chapter 18 Risk and Initiation; Chapter 19 Inhibitions and Appropriateness; Part IV The Toolbox; Chapter 20 New Abilities and New Skills; Chapter 21 Retrain Your Brain; Chapter 22 Remembering What You Know; Chapter 23 Humor; Chapter 24 Power Nap; Chapter 25 A Good Brain Day; Chapter 26 Journaling; Part V The Physical Body; Chapter 27 Physical Issues; Chapter 28 Vision; Chapter 29 Pain and Chronic Pain Management; Chapter 30 Relapse; Chapter 31 Medical Therapies; Chapter 32 Nutrition and the Low Glycemic Diet

Chapter 33 The Healthy Brain DietChapter 34 Trauma, Recovery, and the Newly Fragile You; Chapter 35 Dental Strategies; Chapter 36 Fatique Syndromes; Part VI The Emotional Body; Chapter 37 Emotions and Denial; Chapter 38 Depression; Chapter 39 But What if ... Ideations; Chapter 40 Anger and Forgiveness; Chapter 41 Self-Esteem; Chapter 42 Deja Vu; Resources; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B - C; D - E; F - I; J - L; M - N; O - P; Q - R; S; T - W; X - Z; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-328) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-18941-7

9786612189418

1-934559-90-3

OCLC:

433693374