Neuropsychological Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 784
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Interests: neurorehabilitation; spatial cognition; stroke; developmental trajectory; pediatric disorders
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Dear Colleagues,
Clinical neuropsychology is a subspecialty of professional psychology that is concerned with the scientific study and clinical application of brain–behavior relationships. Broadly defined, a neuropsychological evaluation is a flexible clinical tool that involves the integration of objective psychometric test data along with various other sources of clinical information to comprehensively elucidate the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional sequelae after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Understanding the nature, the severity, and the modality of cognitive complaints is best served by a neuropsychological assessment. When cognitive complaints are reported or persist following mild traumatic brain injury in adults, neuropsychological testing can assist with diagnostic issues as well as with treatment and rehabilitation planning. The process typically begins with a clinical interview and then continues with tests that assess function in various cognitive and emotional domains.
A neuropsychological evaluation can help delineate normal individual differences from the neurologic effects of injury. Neuropsychological testing is also useful for identifying if psychological conditions (e.g., depression) or other non-neurologic factors are affecting symptom presentation.
On the other hand, a neuropsychological evaluation can further contribute to evidence-based TBI patient care through the serial assessment of cognitive and functional status over time, informing TBI rehabilitation, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions.
The double objective in this Special Issue is to promote new neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation methods for patients with traumatic brain injury.
Dr. Arnaud Saj
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- brain injury
- clinical neuropsychology
- TBI rehabilitation
- rehabilitation
- traumatic brain injury
- neuropsychological evaluation
