You are in Parenting and Pregnancy . A type of therapy called cognitive rehabilitation can help people overcome these symptoms, and a new study indicates it may work as well when given in the patient's home as it does at the hospital.
Cognitive function is the mental process of knowing, thinking, learning and judging.
There are many forms of cognitive therapy, but it generally includes exercises aimed at improving memory, perception, speech, and coping and organizational skills. A research team led by Andres M. Salazar, MD, of the Defense and Veterans Head Injury Program at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation in Rockville, Md., looked at 128 patients with moderate to severe head injuries. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , found that after a year, the percentage of patients who were able to return to work was nearly the same for both groups. And similar percentages in each group were found to be able to return to full active military duty. Both groups had sustained the same type of injury and had similar symptoms, including headaches, seizures, major depression, and violent behavior.