The Evaluation and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury [Hardcover]

Nils R. Varney (Editor), Richard J. Roberts (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1999 | ISBN-10: 080582393X | ISBN-13: 978-0805823936 | Edition: 1

Moving beyond the debate over whether and to what degree mild head injury has lasting neuropsychological sequelae, this book is predicated on the assumption that it does cause some problems in some circumstances for some people. It focuses on the practical questions of who is injured, how injuries manifest themselves, and what evaluation and treatment strategies are optimal, for families as well as patients. The distinguished authors bring to their task not only scientific expertise but extensive day-to-day clinical experience. This book will be widely welcomed as the first comprehensive overview of what we have learned from research and clinical experience about these difficult cases.

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The volume is comprehensive and adequately covers all issues...a welcome resource....operates on more than a single level and offers the reader insight, as well as information. Although the volume seems to be intended for the seasoned clinician, students and novices...will benefit greatly.
—Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Although mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is one of the most prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders in the United States, it is perhaps the most poorly understood....This textbook is easily the finest and most comprehensive collection of information on MTBI. It presents the pros and cons of the theoretical positions held by various camps in a manner that the reader will find fascinating.... Despite the fact that this is an edited textbook, the various chapters appear to flow together in an almost seamless manner [reflecting] the editorial skills of Varney and Roberts. This textbook should not only significantly expand the breadth of our knowledge of MTBI, but should also help free us from the tyranny of our own biases and help us understand the plight of patients with MTBI in a more humane manner. It should be required reading for each and every health care professional who is likely to evaluate or treat MTBI cases.
—Applied Neuropsychology

Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Psychology Press; 1 edition (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080582393X
• ISBN-13: 978-0805823936
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,915,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Who's Who in neuropsychology discusses mild TBI., September 24, 1999

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This review is from: The Evaluation and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Hardcover)

The reader may be taken by surprise that so many of the chapter authors are "elite" clinical neuropsychologists who have not previously been known to "believe in" mild TBI. They offer a wealth of information, questions and referencs. The text in most chapters is refreshingly free of test bound restrictions on inference or the usual lame rationales for discarding all mild TBI because the majority are OK. The book is a must for working clinicians in neuropsychology, neurology and psychiatry.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done and comprehensive review of many topics on MTBI, September 18, 1999

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This review is from: The Evaluation and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Paperback)

This work covers mild TBI as though it were real (which it probably is) in an informative and clinically hepful manner. The 23 chapters cover a very wide range of topics and are consistently excellent (if occasioally quirky). There is nothing else available at all on this topic, so it is easy to say it is the best. It is excellent in design and content.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A view of head injury from the fringe, May 9, 2000

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This review is from: The Evaluation and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Paperback)

This book presents a rather slanted view of mild head impact, and presupposes many things as fact that are not supported by the scientific literature. This is particularly borne out by the chapter on scientific issues that firmly refutes the unusual thinking presented in the other chapters.