Brainlash: Maximize Your Recovery From Mild Brain Injury. Second Edition.Brainlash: Maximize Your Recovery From Mild Brain Injury. Second Edition. Gail L. Denton, Ph.D. Foreword by James S. Brady. Demos Medical Publishing, 386 Park Avenue South, Suite 201, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10016. Softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. , 369 pages, $24.95. The author, who is both a psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. and a brain injury survivor, presents techniques which helped her in her own recovery. This comprehensive guide complements medical treatment for anyone with mild brain injury. Its down-to-earth, practical advice covers virtually every aspect of the recovery process, from driving and sex to self-esteem, stamina, support systems, nutrition, pain, and much more. With its up-to-date findings, case studies, list of resources, and comprehensive bibliography, this is the bible that patients, caregivers and family members will turn to again and again for help. Brainlash provides the tools and facts to make the recovery process more intelligible and to support the wide range of people affected by mild traumatic brain injury mild traumatic brain injury, n disruption of brain function by trauma characterized by but not limited to a loss of consciousness, memory loss surrounding the trauma, confusion during the incident, loss of consciousness for no more than thirty minutes, . For patients, family members, physicians and other healthcare providers, attorneys, health insurance companies, employers, and others, it covers options and services, health and vocational issues, medicolegal medicolegal /med·i·co·le·gal/ (med?i-ko-le´g'l) pertaining to medical jurisprudence. med·i·co·le·gal adj. Of, relating to, or concerned with medicine and law. topics, psychological and emotional implications, and more; and it is written from the unique perspective of a clinician clinician /cli·ni·cian/ (kli-nish´in) an expert clinical physician and teacher. cli·ni·cian n. who has herself survived a mild brain injury, offering important tips that will make the road ahead easier. She has learned along the way. She presents a deep understanding of the road ahead for everyone involved in the process of recovery. |
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