The development of emotion and empathy skills after childhood brain injury

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-16

  Tonks, James ^a   Slater, Alan ^a   Frampton, Ian ^b   Wall, Sarah E ^a   Yates, Phil ^c   Williams, W Huw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIME; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 57949091982     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03219.x     Document Type: Review

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