Mild traumatic brain injury and postconcussion syndrome
Subtitle: the new evidence base for diagnosis and treatment
By: Michael A. McCrea.
Contributors: American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology.
Series: Oxford workshop series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780195328295
Subjects: Brain damage; Brain -- Concussion; Brain Injuries; Post-Concussion Syndrome
Notes: "American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology and impact of traumatic brain injury; title: Zeroing in on MTBI: epidemiology and impact; title: Challenges in defining and diagnosing MTBI; title: Advances in MTBI research methodologies; title: Biomechanics of MTBI; title: Neurophysiology of MTBI: the neurometabolic cascade; title: Neuroimaging in MTBI; title: Acute symptoms and symptom recovery; title: Acute cognitive effects and early recovery; title: Neuropsychological recovery; title: Influence of acute injury characteristics on recovery; title: Measuring neurophysiologic recovery; title: Functional outcome after MTBI; title: Exceptions to the rule: potential long-term effects of MTBI; title: Defining postconcussion syndrome; title: Nonspecificity of postconcussion syndrome symptoms; title: Epidemiology of postconcussion syndrome: another denominator problem; title: PCS as a neuropsychological disorder; title: Psychological theories of postconcussion syndrome; title: Interventional models for postconcussion syndrome; title: A practical model for clinical management of PCS.