Evidence-based practice guidelines for instructing individuals with neurogenic memory impairments: What have we learned in the past 20 years?

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 300-342

  Ehlhardt, Laurie A ^a   Sohlberg, McKay Moore ^b   Kennedy, Mary ^c   Coelho, Carl ^d   Ylvisaker, Mark ^e   Turkstra, Lyn ^f   Yorkston, Kathryn ^g  

^a WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; Errorless learning; Evidence based practice guidelines; Instruction; Memory impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45749136364     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010701733190     Document Type: Article

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