Psychological Well Being and Acquired Communication Impairment (eBook)

Shelagh Brumfitt is Professor of Speech and Language Therapy Education and Senate Award Fellow for the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield, UK.

List of Contributors.

Foreword by Professor Chris Code.

Preface.

Chapter 1 Introduction (Shelagh Brumfitt).

Chapter 2 Evaluation of Anxiety and Depression in People with
Acquired Communication Impairments (Shirley A. Thomas).

Chapter 3 Brain Injury and Psychological Well-Being (Camilla
Herbert).

Chapter 4 The Role of Self-Esteem: Issues in Acquired
Communication Impairments (Shelagh Brumfitt).

Chapter 5 The Role of Well-Being in Quality of Life for the
Person with Acquired Communication Impairments (Madeline
Cruice).

Chapter 6 The Visual Analog Mood Scales (Robert A. Stern,
Daniel Daneshvar, and Sabrina Poon).

Chapter 7 Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Assessment and
Management of Well-Being (Jane Barton).

Chapter 8 Psychological Approaches to Working with People in the
Early Stages of Recovery (Shonagh Scott and Jane
Barton).

Chapter 9 Group Therapy--An Interprofessional Approach
(Diane Brown and Mairi Knox).

Chapter 10 Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for People with
Acquired Communication Impairments (Kidge Burns).

Index.

"Two particular strengths stood out for me - firstly, its sound
evidence base and secondly its practical approach with relevant
case examples, specific strategies and therapeutic interventions
described in detail throughout." (Speech & Language Therapy
in Practice, Autumn 2010)

"Address[es] approaches to the assessment and management of
[clients'] emotional well-being." (Book News, December 2009)