Psychotherapeutic treatment of survivors of traumatic brain injury: Review of the literature and special considerations

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 775-788

  Block, Cady K ^a   West, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Johnson Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Psychotherapy; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTION; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NARRATIVE THERAPY; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84879327990     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.775487     Document Type: Review

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