In this groundbreaking book, experts show what a difference support systemsfamily, friends, community and social programscan make towards the recovery of the millions of people who suffer a traumatic brain injury each year.
Health and Healing after Traumatic Brain Injury: Understanding the Power of Family, Friends, Community, and Other Support Systems stresses the importance of an integrated and systems approach to healing. This book offers a unique combination of practitioner perspectives on what works for individual patients, consumer stories and learned insights over time, as well as researcher insights from innovative programs. It provides a holistic account of the important factors in living with a brain injury that will inform and benefit health practitioners and policy makers as well as people with brain injuries and their family members and friends.
The chapters explore the current best evidence and contemporary views on healing that draw on optimism, aspirational living, and meaningful partnerships. The authors focus on the emergent area of the salutogenic experience of injuryhow brain injury changes and shapes lives in positive waysand on the variables within individuals and their environments that provide a supportive influence in long-term healing.
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In this groundbreaking book, experts show what a difference support systemsfamily, friends, community and social programscan make towards the recovery of the millions of people who suffer a traumatic brain injury each year.
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| Catherine A. Marshall and Elizabeth Kendall, Series Editors |
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| Acknowledgments |
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PART 1 SELF-DETERMINATION AND PERSONAL HEALING AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY |
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Chapter 1 Advice from the Heart: Stories of Survival and Growth following Brain Injury |
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Chapter 2 Neuroplasticity and Mindfulness in Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Cause for Great Optimism |
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Chapter 3 The Subtlety of Brain Injury: Surviving and Thriving through Playfulness |
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PART 2 PULLING TOGETHER RATHER THAN FALLING APART: BRAIN INJURY IN FAMILIES |
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Chapter 4 Family Resilience and Traumatic Brain Injury |
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Chapter 5 Someone to Care: Social Support after Brain Injury |
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Chapter 6 Too Small for Your Boots! Understanding the Experience of Children When Family Members Acquire a Neurological Condition |
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Chapter 7 Assisting Siblings When Their Brother or Sister Sustains Acquired Brain Injury |
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PART 3 SYSTEMS FOR HEALING: BUILDING A BETTER SERVICE SYSTEM FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY |
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Chapter 8 Understanding Mental Health Outcomes following Traumatic Brain Injury |
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Chapter 9 The Role of Psychotherapy in Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury |
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Chapter 10 Optimal Rehabilitation for Women Who Receive Traumatic Brain Injury following Intimate Partner Violence |
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Chapter 11 Holistic Neuropsychological Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury: Two Case Studies |
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PART 4 PLACES, COMMUNITIES, AND CULTURES: DRAWING ON THE STRENGTH OF MANY |
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Chapter 12 "There's No Place Like Home": The Experience of Home for Young People with Acquired Brain Injury in Residential Care Environments |
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Chapter 13 The International Community-based Rehabilitation Model: A Way of Assisting People with Brain Injuries, Their Families, and Communities |
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Chapter 14 Culture, Disability, and Caregiving for People with Traumatic Brain Injury |
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Chapter 15 Community Leaders within a Brain Injury Self-management Program: A Valuable Resource |
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A Last Word: Charting a Positive Course for the Future |
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| Index |
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| About the Editors and Contributors |
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Heidi Muenchberger, PhD, is associate professor of environmental psychology at Griffith Health Institute, Queensland, Australia.
Elizabeth Kendall, PhD, is professor of community health and rehabilitation at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
John Wright is a rural scientist who has lived with a brain injury for over 40 years and is a strong advocate for disability and wellbeing in the community.
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