Psychological Well Being and Acquired Communication Impairment

Herausgeber: Brumfitt, Shelagh

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Psychological Well-Being and Acquired Communication Impairments is an essential resource for all health professionals working with this complex client group. It offers a unique multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, looking at the evidence base as well as clinical practice. The book covers both the assessment of people with acquired communication impairments as well as reviewing the available interventional approaches. Chapters cover such key topics as approaches to the assessment of anxiety and depression, the impact of brain injury, the role of an assessment of mood and the role of self esteem. FEATURES * an expert team of academics and clinicians * case studies * links theory to practice

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780470065433
• ISBN-10: 0470065435
• Artikelnr.: 28528999

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

"Two particular strengths stood out for me - firstly, its soundevidence base and secondly its practical approach with relevantcase examples, specific strategies and therapeutic interventionsdescribed in detail throughout." (Speech & Language Therapyin Practice, Autumn 2010)

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