For all health professionals and students working with clients with acquired communication impairments, especially speech and language therapists and clinical psychologists, Brumfitt (speech and language therapy education, U. of Sheffield, UK) brings together 10 chapters that address approaches to the assessment and management of their emotional well-being. Psychologists, neurologists, and occupational and speech and language therapists from the UK and the US describe the assessment of anxiety and depression, the impact of brain injury, interdisciplinary approaches to assessment, the roles of quality of life issues, self esteem, and assessment of mood, and different interventions such as group and solution focused brief therapies. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Psychological Well-being and Acquired Communication Impairments is an essential resource for all health professionals working with this complex client group. It offers a unique multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, looking at the evidence base as well as clinical practice.
The book covers both the assessment of people with acquired communication impairments as well as reviewing the available interventional approaches. Chapters cover such key topics as approaches to the assessment of anxiety and depression, the impact of brain injury, the role of an assessment of mood and the role of self esteem.
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