- ISBN13: 9781572243613
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
It happens in an instant—squealing breaks, a ladder that gives way, a pool cue swung in a moment of rage—but the affects of a blunt-force trauma to the head can last a lifetime. One of the more common injuries that can affect cognitive function, mild traumatic brain injury, or MTBI, affects more that half a million Americans each year, and research suggests that as many as 6.5 million Americans are living with the effects of MTBI. For the first time ever, this book assembles facts about MTBI together with a research-based program that readers can use to overcome the disadvantages of traumatic brain injury. The book addresses the emotional issues that often accompany MTBI, especially anxiety and depressi… More >>
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I spent a good deal of time using this book, but did not find it’s information or the results of the self tests all that helpful. This information was general observations about how brain injury affects thinking, planning, etc. The tests were word searches (and others) spread throughout the chapters and meant to help readers identify cognitive areas that needed attention, e. g. strength and weakness areas in thinking and emotions. I enjoyed taking the tests, but now doubt their validity.
The assumptions for the utility of these tests were very specious, in my opinion. For example, left brain dysfunction was said to be identifiable by how long it took you to do a letters word search puzzle, and right brain dysfunction was said to be greater if it took a long time to do the numbers search puzzles. I am not sure if this correlation can be made scientifically or what to do about it if it is generalizable.
My main problems with brain injury have less to do with these distinctions than in finding ways to function without so much turmoil, confusion and lost time. These problems were not fully addressed in this guide, so I found it on the whole disappointing.
Rating: 2 / 5
The MTBI Workbook establishes an initial overview of symptom identification, brain organization, and early rehab steps and for this it is a good initial contact for a patient having experienced MTBI. However, it lacks more training tools for the client when an addendum could provide for more enriched training containing tools, exercises, and the like. Also, it lists a number of occupations and professionals involved in a rehab process without mentioning social workers in the provision of care. As a licensed clinical social worker with a moderate MTBI case load I can only ponder the reason for this grevious omission by the author. I wish I could give this a better review, but find no cause to do so. Again, a good beginning, but not a total solution.
Rating: 2 / 5
This work book may be helpful to an older person with a Brain Injury but my son was 12 when his happened . Also, he has Complex Partial Seizure Disorder as a result of his MTBI. This book doesn’t even touch that subject so if you are looking for help with seizures after an MTBI and helping Cognitive skills, this is NOT the place to look.
He looks EXACTLY the same but he lost like 30 IQ points and acts like a child 1/2 his age alot of the time. He is getting better slowly and regaining much of what he lost (even with the Epilepsy) but he wasn’t interested in this WorkBook at all. . I will try again further into his recovery but I don’t think this is really going to interest him until he is much OLDER. Oh well,as the parent of a child with Special Needs now I will try anything but if you are like me with a younger child I don’t really think this book is a good fit at all.
Rating: 3 / 5
Needs more structural work to assist those with varying degrees of disability. More on “how to use this book” would be useful. For brain injury patients, these is no such thing as giving too much direction, ezpecially for those with minimal tolerance for books and written material. I did not find it possible to attack page 4, for example, and move streadily forward from there. Some sections were beond my limit of understanding and patience. It was sometimes difficult to see why the workbook tackled certain topics.
The workbook approach opens the door to a new type of thinking aboutthe issues that is not available in other publcations today and that is the true value of this book.
Rating: 3 / 5
First book to combine education and specific steps to address cogntive deficits. The book is challenging and requires a committment to health but the results are proportionate to effort. Highly recommend!
Rating: 5 / 5