Rehabilitation approaches to the management of aggressive behaviour disorders after acquired brain injury

Brain Impairment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-20

  Alderman, Nick ^a,b   Knight, Caroline ^c,d   Brooks, Jennifer ^c  

^a Grafton Manor   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Brain Injury Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acquired brain injury; aggression; neurobehavioural disability; rehabilitation; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC DYSCONTROL SYNDROME; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW;

EID: 84880552968     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/BrImp.2013.7     Document Type: Review

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