Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Research and Future Directions

by Harvey Levin, David Shum, Raymond Chan

Overview

This timely book reports recent progress in research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) by leading investigators encompassing translational and clinical studies. The text covers epidemiology, pathophysiology, brain imaging, cognition, behavioral sequelae, and clinical trials of innovative treatments, including new approaches to rehabilitation. The range of TBI mechanisms represented in this cutting-edge book includes closed head trauma and blast-related injury, and the spectrum of TBI severity. Chapters offer a developmental perspective, including the effects of TBI on cognitive development in children and outcome studies in adults. Contributors from various countries provide a global perspective on this worldwide health problem. The editors have synthesized the contents in a concluding chapter. Researchers and clinicians will find this volume to be an informative, authoritative reference for current TBI research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199737529
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/25/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Harvey S. Levin is Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. He also serves as Director of the Center of Excellence for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) at the Michael E. De Bakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Levin was previously a member of the Neurosurgery faculty at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and at the University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Iowa, where he studied neuropsychology with Dr. Arthur L. Benton and completed his postdoctoral fellowship. His research is concerned with closed head trauma in civilians and blast-related injury in veterans.

David H. K. Shum is Dean of Research in the Health Group at Griffith University, Australia. Professor Shum has more than 20 years' experience studying the effects of brain injury on cognition and behavior in adults and children. He has contributed to the assessment and treatment of cognitive impairments in individuals with damage to various parts of the brain by developing assessment techniques based on state-of-the-art models of brain functioning. He has published over 120 scientific papers in journals including Neuropsychologia, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, and has been awarded more than $5 million competitive funding by sources such as the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council.

Raymond C. K. Chan is Professor of Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Mental Health. He holds an honorary professorship at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, and is the honorary research coordinator for the Institute of Mental Health, Hong Kong Castle Peak Hospital. He is Regional Representative for Asia for the International Neuropsychological Society. He has received funds from various funding agents and has published more than 180 scientific peer-reviewed articles and six book chapters dealing with schizophrenia research and traumatic brain injury. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Clinical Rehabilitation, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, as well as four local professional journals.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments

Preface
Harvey S. Levin, David H. K. Shum & Raymond C. K. Chan

Part 1 Introduction
1. Recent Advances in Traumatic Brain Injury Research: Introduction
Harvey S. Levin, David H. K. Shum & Raymond C. K. Chan
2. Traumatic Brain Injury: Some History and Epidemiology
David L. McArthur
3. Traumatic Brain Injury Disease: Long Term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury
Brent E. Masel & Douglas S. DeWitt

Part 2 Neuropsychological Functions
4. Attentional Problems after Traumatic Brain Injury
Jia Huang, David H. K. Shum, Raymon C. K. Chan & Allana L. Canty
5. Memory Impairments after Traumatic Brain Injury
Allana L. Canty, David H. K. Shum, Harvey S. Levin & Raymond C. K. Chan
6. Executive Function Impairments after Traumatic Brain Injury
Ya Wang, Raymond C. K. Chan & David H. K. Shum
7. High-Level Language in Traumatic Brain Injury: Promising Metrics to Advance Brain Repair
Sandra B. Chapman and Lori G. Cook
8. Disorders of Emotion and Social Cognition following Traumatic Brain Injury
Skye McDonald, Jacqueline Rushby, Michelle Kelly & Arielle de Sousa

Part 3 Outcomes and Rehabilitation
9. Measuring Outcomes Using the International Classification of Functioning and Health (ICF)
Robyn L. Tate
10. Short and Long-term Outcomes in Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury
Jennie Ponsford
11. Cognitive Rehabilitation following Traumatic Brain Injury
Tom Manly, Jonathan J. Evans, Jessica E. Fish, Fergus Gracey & Andrew Bateman
12. Community Adjustment and Re-engagement
Tamara Ownsworth & Jennifer Fleming
13. The Neurobiological Basis of Pharmacological Approaches for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
Rashed Harun & Amy K. Wagner

Part 4 Methodological and Technological Advances
14. Advanced Neuroimaging in Traumatic Brain Injury
Elisabeth A. Wilde, Kareem W. Ayoub, Erin D. Bigler, Jill V. Hunter & Harvey S. Levin

Part 5 Special Populations
15. Children and Adolescents
Vicki Anderson & Keith Owen Yeates
16. Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: Does Age Matter?
Glynda J. Kinsella, John Olver, Ben Ong, Eleanor Hammersley & Bethan Plowright
17. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Sarah A. Raskin, David W. Lovejoy, Michael C. Stevens, Marta Zamroziewicz & Howard J. Oakes
18. Blast Related Traumatic Brian Injury: Pathophysiology, Comorbidities and Neurobehavioural Outcomes
Ralph G De Palma, Clifford J Buckley, James M. Ecklund, Gerald M. Cross & William Gunnar

Part 6 Future Opportunities and Challenges
19. Future Challenges
Harvey S. Levin, David H. K. Shum & Raymond C. K. Chan

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Sangeeta Patel Driver, MD MPH(Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
Description: The focus of this book is on fundamental concepts in traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation and recent advances on both clinical and research fronts.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a global review of essential concepts in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation as well as to highlight recent clinical and research advances. These are worthy objectives, and the field of TBI medicine and rehabilitation needs well-researched contributions like this. The book succeeds in its objectives, providing a wealth of information that is useful to healthcare providers, researchers, and policymakers.
Audience: The audience is broad, including a wide variety of individuals interested in the area of traumatic brain injury management and rehabilitation. Initial chapters focus on important historical and epidemiological facts that may be of interest to the general public as well as public health practitioners. Subsequent chapters examine key TBI-related neurobehavioral impairments and the evidence-based treatments to address these impairments. Healthcare providers who care for traumatic brain injury patients in either acute care or rehabilitation settings will find these chapters elucidating and practical. Later chapters turn to technological advances and outcome measurement, topics geared to both researchers and clinicians. The final chapters are population specific and especially informative for those caring for pediatric, geriatric, and military patients. The editors and contributing authors are among the world's leading authorities in traumatic brain injury medicine.
Features: This book not only provides a comprehensive review of fundamental concepts related to traumatic brain injury medicine and rehabilitation, but also provides an in-depth discussion of the latest clinical and research breakthroughs. The book begins with a very interesting synopsis of historically relevant facts and important epidemiological statistics. Later chapters nicely correlate neuroanatomical findings with key neuropsychological impairments and review the latest evidence-based treatment options to address these impairments. Subsequent chapters explore important research topics related to outcome measurement and advanced neuroimaging. Clear illustrations and graphics accompany this section. Finally, the book addresses traumatic brain injury in special populations including children, the elderly, and the military as it relates to blast injury and mild TBI. It provides a great detail of information not only on the unique injury characteristics but also on the unique challenges faced by these different patient populations.
Assessment: This is a high-quality, well-researched book that makes a unique contribution to the existing literature in this field. It nicely reviews fundamental concepts while at the same time pushes boundaries, exploring the latest on both the clinical and research fronts. I would highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to better understand traumatic brain injury, including clinicians, researchers, and healthcare policymakers.

Doody's Review Service

"[R]esearch and study to treat TBI is extremely important, and this volume makes a significant contribution to that purpose. Each chapter supplies a voluminous amount of knowledge and insight being imparted by the author(s). In addition, charts, drawings, photos, and tables provide more information, contributing to the understanding of the subject matters being discussed. The lists of Reference materials at the end of the chapters provide further opportunities for you to consult other works and expand and deepen your understanding of any particular topic. This is a comprehensive, authoritative text." —Nano Khilnani, Biz India

"This is a high-quality, well-researched book that makes a unique contribution to the existing literature in this field. It nicely reviews fundamental concepts while at the same time pushes boundaries, exploring the latest on both the clinical and research fronts. I would highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to better understand traumatic brain injury, including clinicians, researchers, and healthcare policymakers." —DOODY'S

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