Head Injury Recovery in Real Life

Combines a review of background information about recovery from traumatic brain injury with autobiographical accounts of 12 of the 18 best long-term recoveries from a population of 1,800 discharged patients at an advanced cognitive rehabilitation program. For practitioners and consumers. Softcover. DNLM: Craniocerebral Trauma--rehabilitation--Personal Narratives.

Larry E. Schutz, Ph.D., has conducted and supervised head injury rehabilitation for 29 years, treating over 5,000 clients. He currently is the neuropsychologist of the Transitional Living Center at Casa Colina Hospital in Southern California, one of the largest neurorehabilitation programs in the world. Previously he designed 11 head injury programs in New Jersey and Florida. He was awarded the first fulltime, APA-approved neuropsychological internship in neurorehabilitation at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center and completed advanced study with Yigal Gross, Ph.D., one of the pioneers of the field. Dr. Schutz's areas of publication include neuropsychological assessment methods, rehabilitation research methods, therapy techniques, theories of treatment, and rehabilitation outcomes. He is one of a handful of neuropsychologists who has been awarded the diplomate in rehabilitation of the American Board of Professional Psychology and selected as a fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Dr. Schutz is also the founder and chair of the board of directors of GiveBack, Inc., a non-profit organization providing free recovery assistance to traumatic brain injury survivors. Michael E. Schutz graduated from the prestigious School of Journalism at the University of Florida. He currently is studying computer science at the University of Central Florida. His involvement with traumatic brain injury began when he founded and edited The BIRC Times, a newsletter for inpatients with head injuries. He currently serves as the webmaster of GiveBack, Inc., a non-profit organization providing free recovery assistance to survivors of traumatic brain injury.