Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury

Harvey S. Levin is Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. He also serves as Director of the Center of Excellence for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) at the Michael E. De Bakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His research is concerned with closed head trauma in civilians and blast-related injury in veterans.David H. K. Shum is Dean of Research in the Health Group at Griffith University, Australia. Professor Shum has more than 20 years' experience studying the effects of brain injury on cognition and behavior in adults and children.Raymond C. K. Chan is Professor of Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Mental Health. He holds an honorary professorship at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong.

• Table of Contents ; Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; Preface ; Harvey S. Levin, David H. K. Shum & Raymond C. K. Chan ; Part 1 Introduction ; 1. Recent Advances in Traumatic Brain Injury Research: Introduction ; Harvey S. Levin, David H. K. Shum & Raymond C. K. Chan ; 2. Traumatic Brain Injury: Some History and Epidemiology ; David L. McArthur ; 3. Traumatic Brain Injury Disease: Long Term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury ; Brent E. Masel & Douglas S. DeWitt ; Part 2 Neuropsychological Functions ; 4. Attentional Problems after Traumatic Brain Injury ; Jia Huang, David H. K. Shum, Raymon C. K. Chan & Allana L. Canty ; 5. Memory Impairments after Traumatic Brain Injury ; Allana L. Canty, David H. K. Shum, Harvey S. Levin & Raymond C. K. Chan ; 6. Executive Function Impairments after Traumatic Brain Injury ; Ya Wang, Raymond C. K. Chan & David H. K. Shum ; 7. High-Level Language in Traumatic Brain Injury: Promising Metrics to Advance Brain Repair ; Sandra B. Chapman and Lori G. Cook ; 8. Disorders of Emotion and Social Cognition following Traumatic Brain Injury ; Skye McDonald, Jacqueline Rushby, Michelle Kelly & Arielle de Sousa ; Part 3 Outcomes and Rehabilitation ; 9. Measuring Outcomes Using the International Classification of Functioning and Health (ICF) ; Robyn L. Tate ; 10. Short and Long-term Outcomes in Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury ; Jennie Ponsford ; 11. Cognitive Rehabilitation following Traumatic Brain Injury ; Tom Manly, Jonathan J. Evans, Jessica E. Fish, Fergus Gracey & Andrew Bateman ; 12. Community Adjustment and Re-engagement ; Tamara Ownsworth & Jennifer Fleming ; 13. The Neurobiological Basis of Pharmacological Approaches for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury ; Rashed Harun & Amy K. Wagner ; Part 4 Methodological and Technological Advances ; 14. Advanced Neuroimaging in Traumatic Brain Injury ; Elisabeth A. Wilde, Kareem W. Ayoub, Erin D. Bigler, Jill V. Hunter & Harvey S. Levin ; Part 5 Special Populations ; 15. Children and Adolescents ; Vicki Anderson & Keith Owen Yeates ; 16. Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: Does Age Matter? ; Glynda J. Kinsella, John Olver, Ben Ong, Eleanor Hammersley & Bethan Plowright ; 17. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ; Sarah A. Raskin, David W. Lovejoy, Michael C. Stevens, Marta Zamroziewicz & Howard J. Oakes ; 18. Blast Related Traumatic Brian Injury: Pathophysiology, Comorbidities and Neurobehavioural Outcomes ; Ralph G De Palma, Clifford J Buckley, James M. Ecklund, Gerald M. Cross & William Gunnar ; Part 6 Future Opportunities and Challenges ; 19. Future Challenges ; Harvey S. Levin, David H. K. Shum & Raymond C. K. Chan

This is a high-quality, well-researched book that makes a unique contribution to the existing literature in this field. It nicely reviews fundamental concepts while at the same time pushes boundaries, exploring the latest on both the clinical and research fronts. I would highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to better understand traumatic brain injury, including clinicians, researchers, and healthcare policymakers.