Psychological Well Being and Acquired Communication Impairment
September 2009
240 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-470-06543-3
John Wiley & Sons
Psychological Well-being and Acquired Communication
Impairments is an essential resource for all health
professionals working with this complex client group. It offers a
unique multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, looking at the
evidence base as well as clinical practice.
The book covers both the assessment of people with acquired
communication impairments as well as reviewing the available
interventional approaches. Chapters cover such key topics as
approaches to the assessment of anxiety and depression, the impact
of brain injury, the role of an assessment of mood and the role of
self esteem.
List of Contributors.
Foreword by Professor Chris Code.
Preface.
Chapter 1 Introduction (Shelagh Brumfitt).
Chapter 2 Evaluation of Anxiety and Depression in People with
Acquired Communication Impairments (Shirley A. Thomas).
Chapter 3 Brain Injury and Psychological Well-Being (Camilla
Herbert).
Chapter 4 The Role of Self-Esteem: Issues in Acquired
Communication Impairments (Shelagh Brumfitt).
Chapter 5 The Role of Well-Being in Quality of Life for the
Person with Acquired Communication Impairments (Madeline
Cruice).
Chapter 6 The Visual Analog Mood Scales (Robert A. Stern,
Daniel Daneshvar, and Sabrina Poon).
Chapter 7 Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Assessment and
Management of Well-Being (Jane Barton).
Chapter 8 Psychological Approaches to Working with People in the
Early Stages of Recovery (Shonagh Scott and Jane
Barton).
Chapter 9 Group Therapy--An Interprofessional Approach
(Diane Brown and Mairi Knox).
Chapter 10 Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for People with
Acquired Communication Impairments (Kidge Burns).
Index.
Foreword by Professor Chris Code.
Preface.
Chapter 1 Introduction (Shelagh Brumfitt).
Chapter 2 Evaluation of Anxiety and Depression in People with
Acquired Communication Impairments (Shirley A. Thomas).
Chapter 3 Brain Injury and Psychological Well-Being (Camilla
Herbert).
Chapter 4 The Role of Self-Esteem: Issues in Acquired
Communication Impairments (Shelagh Brumfitt).
Chapter 5 The Role of Well-Being in Quality of Life for the
Person with Acquired Communication Impairments (Madeline
Cruice).
Chapter 6 The Visual Analog Mood Scales (Robert A. Stern,
Daniel Daneshvar, and Sabrina Poon).
Chapter 7 Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Assessment and
Management of Well-Being (Jane Barton).
Chapter 8 Psychological Approaches to Working with People in the
Early Stages of Recovery (Shonagh Scott and Jane
Barton).
Chapter 9 Group Therapy--An Interprofessional Approach
(Diane Brown and Mairi Knox).
Chapter 10 Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for People with
Acquired Communication Impairments (Kidge Burns).
Index.
"Two particular strengths stood out for me - firstly, its sound
evidence base and secondly its practical approach with relevant
case examples, specific strategies and therapeutic interventions
described in detail throughout." (Speech & Language Therapy
in Practice, Autumn 2010)
"Address[es] approaches to the assessment and management of
[clients'] emotional well-being." (Book News, December 2009)
evidence base and secondly its practical approach with relevant
case examples, specific strategies and therapeutic interventions
described in detail throughout." (Speech & Language Therapy
in Practice, Autumn 2010)
"Address[es] approaches to the assessment and management of
[clients'] emotional well-being." (Book News, December 2009)
Shelagh Brumfitt is Professor of Speech and Language Therapy Education and Senate Award Fellow for the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield, UK.
