Acquired Brain Injury (eBook)

Contributors ix

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

1. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: An Overview 1

James B. Hoelzle and Kathryn A. Ritchie

2.Moderate to Severe Brain Injury 21

P. Tyler Roskos and Lauren R. Schwarz

3. Cerebrovascular Injuries 41

Luke Bradbury, Matthew Jensen, and Justin Sattin

4.Brain Tumors 61

Sharoon Qaiser and Donita Lightner

5. Neuroinfection 73

Julia Novitski, Kathleen Elverman, Donna Kwan, Evan Schulze,
and Christopher Grote

6. Neurotoxic and Metabolic Injuries 95

Bruce J. Diamond, Joseph E. Mosley, Katherine Makarec, and Krista
Dettle

7. Hypoxia / Anoxia 127

Jill Z. Stuart, Thomas J. Farrer, and Alex L. Heintzelman

8. Electrical and Lightning Brain Injuries 143

Shravan Parikh, Joseph Fink, Maia Feigon, and Neil Pliskin

9. Acquired Brain Injury Secondary to Substance Use Disorder 167

Benjamin A. Pyykkonen

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10. Post–Acquired Brain Injury Headaches 185

Mauricio F. Villamar and Jonathan H. Smith

11. Post–Acquired Brain Injury Epilepsy 203

Erin Plumley, Robert J. Kotloski, and Bruce Hermann

12. Post–Acquired Brain Injury Movement Disorders 229

Hannah L. Combs, Kathryn J. Dunham, Brittany D. Walls, and
Amelia J. Anderson-Mooney

13. Acquired Brain Injury in Children 245

Ana C. Albuja and Robert Baumann

14. Acquired Brain Injury in the Elderly 261

Thomas J. Farrer and Jill Z. Stuart

15. Psychosocial Characteristics of Acquired Brain Injury 279

Leslie Guidotti Breting, Courtney Nelson, and Thomas Cothran

16. Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Clinical Essentials 299

Silke Bernert and Dong (Dan) Y. Han

17. Feigning Issues in Brain Injury 321

David T. R. Berry, Brittany D. Walls, Chelsea M. Bouquet, and
Elizabeth R. Wallace

Index 331