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The essential guide to recovering from concussion and other brain
injuries. Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and
prolonged process. Learn how to maximize your recovery from the
effects of brain injuries with the guidance of Sandeep Vaishnavi,
MD, PhD, and Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, two leading medical experts with
extensive experience helping patients recover from concussion and
other brain injuries. Healing the Traumatized Brain explains how
the brain works, how injuries affect the brain, and how to use your
brain's own power to recover. This detailed guide contains
essential information on: • The emotional, behavioral, mental,
and physical effects following concussion and other brain injuries
• Medication options and lifestyle changes • Practical
strategies for healing, including stress management, behavioral
therapy, and cognitive rehabilitation • Neuroplasticity and
nutrition as they affect recovery • Behavioral disorders, balance
disorders, and hormonal changes following concussion and other
brain injuries • The effects of coexisting factors such as other
medical problems, recreational drug use, the misuse of prescribed
medications, and poor sleep hygiene • The science associated with
repeated brain trauma and promising therapies on the horizon
Building on the work of Vaishnavi and Rao's best-selling book The
Traumatized Brain, this guide is filled with practical information
and tips for coping with concussion, injury from a stroke, and
other brain injuries.
The essential guide to recovering from concussion and other brain
injuries. Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and
prolonged process. Learn how to maximize your recovery from the
effects of brain injuries with the guidance of Sandeep Vaishnavi,
MD, PhD, and Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, two leading medical experts with
extensive experience helping patients recover from concussion and
other brain injuries. Healing the Traumatized Brain explains how
the brain works, how injuries affect the brain, and how to use your
brain's own power to recover. This detailed guide contains
essential information on: • The emotional, behavioral, mental,
and physical effects following concussion and other brain injuries
• Medication options and lifestyle changes • Practical
strategies for healing, including stress management, behavioral
therapy, and cognitive rehabilitation • Neuroplasticity and
nutrition as they affect recovery • Behavioral disorders, balance
disorders, and hormonal changes following concussion and other
brain injuries • The effects of coexisting factors such as other
medical problems, recreational drug use, the misuse of prescribed
medications, and poor sleep hygiene • The science associated with
repeated brain trauma and promising therapies on the horizon
Building on the work of Vaishnavi and Rao's best-selling book The
Traumatized Brain, this guide is filled with practical information
and tips for coping with concussion, injury from a stroke, and
other brain injuries.
A traumatic brain injury is a life-changing event, affecting an
individual's lifestyle, ability to work, relationships-even
personality. Whatever caused it-car crash, work accident, sports
injury, domestic violence, combat-a severe blow to the head results
in acute and, often, lasting symptoms. People with brain injury
benefit from understanding, patience, and assistance in recovering
their bearings and functioning to their full abilities. In The
Traumatized Brain, neuropsychiatrists Drs Vani Rao and Sandeep
Vaishnavi - experts in helping people heal after head trauma -
explain how traumatic brain injury, whether mild, moderate, or
severe, affects the brain. They advise readers on how emotional
symptoms such as depression, anxiety, mania, and apathy can be
treated; how behavioral symptoms such as psychosis, aggression,
impulsivity, and sleep disturbances can be addressed; and how
cognitive functions like attention, memory, executive functioning,
and language can be improved. They also discuss headaches,
seizures, vision problems, and other neurological symptoms of
traumatic brain injury. By stressing that symptoms are real and are
directly related to the trauma, Rao and Vaishnavi hope to restore
dignity to people with traumatic brain injury and encourage them to
ask for help. Each chapter incorporates case studies and
suggestions for appropriate medications, counseling, and other
treatments, and ends with targeted tips for coping. The book also
includes a useful glossary, a list of resources, and suggestions
for further reading.
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