Minor Head Trauma: Assessment, Management, and Rehabilitation / Edition 1

by Steven Mandel, Robert T. Sataloff, Sarita R. Schapiro

Overview

Minor Head Trauma describes and explains techniques for diagnosing, evaluating, and rehabilitating patients with minor head injuries. This book emphasizes the importance of long-term treatment of patients beyond the initial moments of injury and treatment in the emergency room. Minor Head Trauma offers insight on: - a range of related issues from emergency room management to psychiatric evaluation and rehabilitation; - the role of electrophysiological testing in patients - including BEAM techniques; - the subtleties of neurophysiological diagnosis; - neurotoxicological evaluation and treatment; - diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders; - the nature and pathogenesis of visual sequelae of head injury; - the speech-language pathologist's role in treating minor head injuries; - the complexities of rehabilitation including problems faced when the patient resumes normal community, professional and familial activities. Minor Head Trauma is intended for physicians, psychologists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, nurses, attorneys, and others faced with the challenges of evaluating and treating patients who have sustained minor head trauma.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461287483
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	09/19/2011
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive, interdisciplinary text that describes and explains techniques for diagnosing, evaluating, and rehabilitating patients with minor head injuries. Not an "emergency room book" that deals only with the immediate crisis, it reveals the patient's problems beyond the first moments of injury and initial treatment, and illuminates the long-term effects of minor head trauma. The language is accessible to interested professionals of any background, and the intended audience includes physicians, psychologists, physical therapists, speech- language pathologists, nurses, and attorneys. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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