Memory Rehabilitation

Integrating Theory and Practice

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  • Hardback: 284 pages
  • Published: July 2009
  • ISBN: 978-1-60623-287-3
  • Publisher: Guilford Press

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From a well-known authority, this comprehensive yet accessible book shows how state-of-the-art research can be applied to help people with nonprogressive memory disorders improve their functioning and quality of life. Barbara Wilson describes a broad range of interventions, including compensatory aids, learning strategies, and techniques for managing associated anxiety and stress. She reviews the evidence base for each clinical strategy or tool and offers expert guidance on how to assess patients, set treatment goals, develop individualized rehabilitation programs, and conduct memory groups. The book also provides essential background knowledge on the nature and causes of memory impairment.

Table of Contents

1. Understanding Memory and Memory Impairments. 2. Recovery of Memory Functions after Brain Injuries. 3. Assessment for Rehabilitation. 4. Compensating for Memory Deficits with Memory Aids, with Narinder Kapur. 5. Mnemonics and Rehearsal Strategies in Rehabilitation. 6. New Learning in Rehabilitation: Errorless Learning, Spaced Retrieval (Expanded Rehearsal), and Vanishing Cues. 7. Memory Groups. 8. Treating the Emotional and Mood Disorders Associated with Memory Impairment. 9. Goal Setting to Plan and Evaluate Memory Rehabilitation. 10. Putting It All Together. 11. Final Thoughts and a General Summary. Appendix: Resources.

Reviews

"Who else but Barbara Wilson, the world's leading expert on memory rehabilitation, could have written a book like this? Flowing easily between research findings, clinical anecdotes, and practical treatment recommendations, the book never loses sight of the real-life consequences of memory loss. In an age when war has made traumatic brain injury tragically familiar, Wilson explains the complex ways in which memory processing is prone to failure in this and other nonprogressive brain disorders, and shows how everyday functioning can be improved by rehabilitation techniques that focus on compensation and coping." - Myrna F. Schwartz, Associate Director, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"A 'must read' for any professional who works with individuals with memory impairment and their family members. The rich literature on compensatory strategies to decrease the impact of memory impairment and techniques to help patients learn more efficiently comes alive in this very thorough and usable text. Wilson’s incisive understanding of the emotional difficulties experienced by people with cognitive problems—and how to integrate psychosocial and cognitively focused interventions—is particularly welcome and important." - Catherine A. Mateer, University of Victoria, British Columbia

"This remarkable book combines a scholarly and comprehensive review of the neuroanatomical and neuropsychological bases of memory rehabilitation with straightforward, step-by-step descriptions of memory rehabilitation procedures. The book showcases Wilson's facility for making the complexities of neuropsychological rehabilitation accessible even to those without an extensive background in the psychological and neurological sciences. A wide range of professionals interested in memory rehabilitation will find this volume indispensable for study and reference." - James F. Malec, Research Director, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana; Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Author Biography

Barbara A. Wilson, PhD, is Senior Scientist (visitor status) at the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Founder of the Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. She is also Visiting Professor of Rehabilitation Studies at the University of Southampton School of Medicine. Dr. Wilson has worked in brain injury rehabilitation since 1979 and has published 17 books, 8 neuropsychological tests, and over 260 articles and chapters in this area. The recipient of many honours and awards, she has a rehabilitation center named after her in Quito, Ecuador.