Includes bibliographical references and index.

PERSPECTIVES ON CLINICAL CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND RESEARCH --- Clinical Continuum of Care, Natural History, and Future Directions --- History of Acute Care and Rehabilitation of TBI --- Health Policy: United States and International Perspectives --- International Systems of Care and Research Agendas --- Education, Training, and Certification for Health Care Providers --- Accreditation of Brain Injury Programs --- Research in Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Concepts and Issues --- Traumatic Brain Injury Epidemiology and Public Health Issues --- Primary Prevention --- BIOMECHANICS, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, AND NEURAL RECOVERY --- Biomechanics of Brain Injury --- Pathobiology of Traumatic Brain Injury --- Biomarkers --- Concepts of Central Nervous System Plasticity and Their Implications for Recovery After Brain Damage --- Therapeutic Approaches for Experimental Brain Injury --- NEUROIMAGING AND NEURODIAGNOSTIC TESTING --- Structural Neuroimaging --- Functional Neuroimaging --- Electrophysiologic Techniques --- PROGNOSIS AND OUTCOME --- Prognosis After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach --- Neuroimaging Correlates of Functional Outcome --- Functional Assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury --- Life Expectancy and Wellness --- ACUTE CARE --- Prehospital Assessment and Care --- Critical Care --- The Surgical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury --- Acute Rehabilitation --- Neurosurgical and Neurorehabilitation Nursing --- SPECIAL TBI POPULATIONS --- Traumatic Brain Injury in the Elderly --- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury --- Sport-Related Concussion --- Assessment and Rehabilitative Management of Individuals with Disorders of Consciousness --- Military Traumatic Brain Injury: Special Considerations --- Neurodegenerative Dementias --- PEDIATRIC TBI --- Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Special Considerations --- Pediatric Neurocritical Care: Special Considerations --- Pediatric Neuropsychological Issues and Cognitive Rehabilitation --- Educational Issues and Return to School --- Family Assessment and Intervention After Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury --- NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS --- Post-Traumatic Seizures and Epilepsy --- Movement Disorders After Traumatic Brain Injury --- Cranial Nerve Disorders --- Fatigue: Assessment and Treatment --- Sleep-Wake Disturbances --- Diagnosis and Management of Late Intracranial Complications of Traumatic Brain Injury --- Anoxic and Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury --- Infectious, Toxic, Electrical and Radiation-based Acquired Brain Injuries --- SPECIAL SENSES --- Evaluation and Treatment of Visual Dysfunction --- Audiologic Impairmen --- Dizziness and Imbalance --- Smell and Taste --- MOTOR AND MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS --- Complications Associated with Immobility After Acquired Brain Injury --- Managing Upper Motoneuron Muscle Overactivity --- Neuro-Orthopedics --- AUTONOMIC AND OTHER ORGAN SYSTEM PROBLEMS --- Autonomic Dysfunction --- Neuroendocrine Dysfunction After Traumatic Brain Injury --- Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Issues --- Sexuality and Intimacy Following Traumatic Brain Injury --- POST-TRAUMA PAIN DISORDERS --- Post-Traumatic Headache --- Post-Traumatic Pain Disorders: Medical Assessment and Management --- Psychological Assessment and Management of Post-Traumatic Pain --- COGNITIVE PROBLEMS --- Cognitive Impairments --- Neuropsychological Assessment and Treatment Planning --- Cognitive Rehabilitation --- BEHAVIORAL IMPAIRMENTS --- Neuropsychiatric Assessment and Treatment --- Principles of Behavioral Analysis and Treatment --- Psychological Interventions for Emotional and Behavioral Problems Following Traumatic Brain Injury --- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and TBI --- PART XV. SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND SWALLOWING PROBLEMS --- Assessment and Treatment of Speech and Language Disorders in TBI --- Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Problems --- Cognitive-Communication Deficits Following Traumatic Brain Injury --- FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY, ADL'S and LEISURE SKILLS --- Neuroscientific Basis for Occupational and Physical Therapy Interventions --- Movement Rehabilitation --- Activities of Daily Living and Leisure Skills: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives --- Assistive Technology for People With Traumatic Brain Injuries --- NEUROPHARMACOLOGY, NEUROTECHNOLOGY, AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT --- Neuropharmacology: A Neurorehabilitation Perspective --- Pharmacotherapy of Cognitive Impairment --- Pharmacotherapy of Neuropsychiatric Disturbances --- Neurotechnology in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation --- Complementary and Integrative Medicine --- PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING, COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY AND PRODUCTIVITY --- Posthospital Rehabilitation --- Driving After Traumatic Brain Injury --- Substance Misuse Among Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury --- Practical Approaches to Family Assessment and Intervention --- Return to Work Following Traumatic Brain Injury --- MEDICOLEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES --- Ethics in Brain Injury Medicine --- Clinicolegal Issues --- Life Care Planning After Traumatic Brain Injury: Clinical and Forensic Issues --- Capacity Assessment: Clinicolegal, Psychosocial and Ethical Caveats --- EBOOK ONLY CHAPTERS --- A Survivor's Perspective On Living With Traumatic Brain Injury ---TAdvocacy: The Power to Heal ---TResources For Persons With TBI And Their Caregivers ---Techniques for Managing Physical Agitation in the Patient with Brain Injury

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