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Tables of Contents for Clinical and Neuropsychological Aspects of Closed Head Injury
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
vii
Series preface
ix
Abbreviations
x
Definitions, epidemiology, and causes
1
38
Definitions
2
14
Epidemiology
16
10
Mortality
26
4
Causes
30
6
Overview
36
3
Mechanisms of structural pathology
39
34
Cerebral contusions
41
8
Diffuse axonal injury
49
8
Secondary brain damage
57
12
Overview
69
4
Retrograde amnesia and post-traumatic amnesia
73
24
Retrograde amnesia
74
6
Post-traumatic amnesia
80
14
Overview
94
3
Memory function
97
28
Memory function following minor closed head injury
98
6
Memory function following severe closed head injury
104
19
Overview
123
2
Congnition and language
125
32
Cognitive function
125
14
Verbal and nonverbal intelligence
139
7
Disorders of language
146
9
Overview
155
2
Subjective complaints and personality disorders
157
32
Postconcussional symptoms
157
19
Personality disorders
176
5
Family relationships
181
5
Overview
186
3
Outcome, recovery, and rehabilitation
189
44
Measures of outcome
189
15
Recovery of function
204
12
The process of recovery
216
5
Rehabilitation
221
10
Overview
231
2
References
233
46
Author index
279
9
Subject index
288