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Buy The Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook: Your Program for Regaining Cognitive Function & Overcoming Emotional Pain (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) by Douglas J. Mason by Gottfried Jean-Louis available and for sale on Brightsurf
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by Douglas J. Mason
by Gottfried Jean-Louis
| | List Price: | $18.95 | | Price: | $12.89 | | You Save: | $6.06 (32%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 139812 | | Studio: | New Harbinger Publications | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 174 | | Publication Date: | December 31, 1969 | | Publisher: | New Harbinger Publications |
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Book Description
It happens in an instant—squealing breaks, a ladder that gives way, a pool cue swung in a moment of rage—but the affects of a blunt-force trauma to the head can last a lifetime. One of the more common injuries that can affect cognitive function, mild traumatic brain injury, or MTBI, affects more that half a million Americans each year, and research suggests that as many as 6.5 million Americans are living with the effects of MTBI. For the first time ever, this book assembles facts about MTBI together with a research-based program that readers can use to overcome the disadvantages of traumatic brain injury. The book addresses the emotional issues that often accompany MTBI, especially anxiety and depression. Readers learn basic self-help strategies to counteract problems that may be caused by the injury. The later chapters discuss the four major domains of cognitive function and ways in which individuals can challenge their limitations and repair specific brain functions. The book concludes with an exploration of the various potential long-term affects of MTBI and the outside resources available to assist readers. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 11 reviews)
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook 
Excellent book for providing patient education about TBI, and provides exercises that persons with TBI can complete during therapy sessions or at home.
December 21, 2007 | |
Great resource for professionals, families, & patients. 
This is a well written, well organized reference for anyone interested in a quick overview or a working understanding of MBTI. The exercises are a great resource for patients and an aid to help family members grasp the day-to-day challenges of people with MBTI.
December 18, 2007 | |
Not so helpful to me 
I spent a good deal of time using this book, but did not find it's information or the results of the self tests all that helpful. This information was general observations about how brain injury affects thinking, planning, etc. The tests were word searches (and others) spread throughout the chapters and meant to help readers identify cognitive areas that needed attention, e.g. strength and weakness areas in thinking and emotions. I enjoyed taking the tests, but now doubt their validity.
The assumptions for the utility of these tests were very specious, in my opinion. For example, left brain dysfunction was said to be identifiable by how long it took you to do a letters word search puzzle, and right brain dysfunction was said to be greater if it took a long time to do the numbers search puzzles. I am not sure if this correlation can be made scientifically or what to do about it if it is generalizable.
My main problems with brain injury have less to do with these distinctions than in finding ways to function without so much turmoil, confusion and lost time. These problems were not fully addressed in this guide, so I found it on the whole disappointing.
November 30, 2007 | |
Useful but needs help with guided approach 
Needs more structural work to assist those with varying degrees of disability. More on "how to use this book" would be useful. For brain injury patients, these is no such thing as giving too much direction, ezpecially for those with minimal tolerance for books and written material. I did not find it possible to attack page 4, for example, and move streadily forward from there. Some sections were beond my limit of understanding and patience. It was sometimes difficult to see why the workbook tackled certain topics.
The workbook approach opens the door to a new type of thinking aboutthe issues that is not available in other publcations today and that is the true value of this book.
June 28, 2007 | |
The TBI Bible If you have a loved one with TBI you will need this book!
We got the book shortly after our son's head injury and have not put it down since. The book has sections on every aspect of head injury and guides you through the process of recovery. The exercises were a little challenging but eventually manageable. If you have a loved one with a head injury this book is a must.
June 20, 2006 | |
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