Principles of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

by George P. Prigatano

Without guiding principles, clinicians can easily get lost in the maze of problems that a brain-damaged patient presents. This book underlines the importance of patients' subjective experience of brain disease or injury, and the frustration and confusion they undergo. It shows that the symptom
picture is a mixture of premorbid cognitive and personal characteristics with the neuropsychological changes directly associated with brain pathology. By...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195081439
• ISBN13: 9780195081435
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

book review

I totally agree and loved this book. George Prigatano is an amazing and compassionate author and researcher. A huge gift to this century (and last).

A clinicians perspective on the Principles

In this seminal work, George Prigatano specifies what is state-of-the-art in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation at the end of the twentieth century. This book is essential reading for anyone working in this field, whether they be Clinical/Neuro-psychologists or related health professionals. It puts neuropsych rehab into an historical perspective, identifying the key people who have shaped the field over the 19th and 20th centuries. By doing so Prigatano rightfully elevates himself to that level, while at the same time acknowledging his contemporaries."Principles" is packed with clinically-useful information giving an overview of current best-practice as well as identifying the yawning gaps which exist in the research. A good illustration of this is the chapter on Awareness/Anosognosia which is a nice adjunct to Prigatano and Shachter's 1991 book on the same topic.From the point of view of the practising clinician, a few years out from clinical training, it is wonderful the way in which Prigatano synthesises the breadth of research on a topic. He identifies the neural substrates of clincal phenomena, tests sensitive to deficit, the associated behaviour, and where possible, the treatment options.If I were to criticise this work (which I am loathe to do because as you can tell I like it very much!) I would I would like to read more about the different settings that rehabilitation occurs in, how they compare, and which clients benefit best from which system.Final note: A terrific resource for anyone interested in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Well-written and reflecting the lifetime work of a central figure in the field. Synthesises the history of rehabilitation with up-to-the-minute research (much of it Prigatano's own), and filling the gaps in the literature with snippets of his own clinical experience.