Clinical and Neuropsychological Aspects of Closed Head Injury (Paperback, Reissued 2nd ed)

In all industrialized countries, closed head injuries are responsible for vast numbers of hospital admissions and days of work lost. For instance, about 120,000 patients are admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom each year with a diagnosis that reflects closed head injury. Such injuries are a major cause of deaths following accidents, especially those that involve children and young people, and they are also a major cause of handicap and morbidity among the survivors. This clinical condition is intrinsically a neurological one, but its proper evaluation demands an understanding of the associated psychology and psychopathology. At the same time, a major neurological condition with such a high level of incidence ought to be extremely informative about the functioning of the human brain and hence provide a major focus for neuropsychological investigation.; In this book, the author seeks to integrate these two different perspectives by reviewing the clinical and neuropsychological aspects of closed head injury in a manner that is equally intelligible to researchers interested in the effects of brain damage upon human behaviour and to practitioners who are responsible for the assessm

General

Imprint:	Psychology Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	2000
Authors:	J. Richardson
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	308
Edition:	Reissued 2nd ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-86377-752-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) > General
LSN:	0-86377-752-X
Barcode:	9780863777523

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