Rehabilitation of neuropsychological disorders: A practical guide for rehabilitation professionals

Abstract

Reviews the book, Rehabilitation of neuropsychological disorders: A practical guide for rehabilitation professionals (2nd ed) by Brick Johnstone and Henry H. Stonnington (see record [rid]2008-13458-000[/rid]). The goal of this book is to provide rehabilitation professionals, including neuropsychologists, with practical tips to improve the daily functioning of patients in a manner that is easy to communicate between rehabilitation disciplines and to the patient and their family. The second edition of this book continues to provide compensatory strategies for treating cognitive difficulties, with greater emphasis on how to easily incorporate these suggests into neuropsychological reports. The second edition also includes four chapters that help guide practitioners toward community resources that are essential to optimizing patient functioning. Overall, the second edition of Rehabilitation of Neuropsychological Disorders: A Practical Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals reminds the rehabilitation professional to be aware of the language they use when communicating with other rehabilitation disciplines and offers a functional taxonomy for consideration. Many of the presented compensatory rehabilitation techniques provide a helpful introduction to students or practitioners new to the concepts of neuropsychological rehabilitation, with particular benefit from chapters focusing on visual-spatial and language disorders. The adjunct online website makes it easy to incorporate these suggested techniques into clinical practice. Seasoned professionals will benefit from the newly added chapters providing easy to use resource guides for additional services critical for rehabilitation success. This book will make a fine addition to the library of the professional interested in breaking the mold of neuropsychologist as diagnostician and moving toward the future of neuropsychologist as optimizer of cognitive and emotional health. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)