New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: An Evidence Base for Clinical Practice

Author(s) : Cathy Catroppa, Author(s) : Vicki Anderson

New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: An Evidence Base for Clinical Practice

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : 2015
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 400
  • Category :
    Clinical Psychology
  • Category 2 :
    Trauma and Violence
  • Catalogue No : 38214
  • ISBN 13 : 9781848726550
  • ISBN 10 : 1848726554
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This volume provides an evidence base for clinical practice specific to traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained during childhood, using a biological-psychosocial conceptual framework. Unlike previous books that have focused on a particular aspect of pediatric TBI, such as assessment or intervention, this book covers a broad scope of topics that offers the reader a comprehensive outlook on the characteristics and repercussions of pediatric TBI, from the time of the accident and throughout the lifespan.

The book takes a clinical perspective incorporating current and past research and evidence regarding advances that have occurred in areas such as outcomes, predictors, medical technology, and rehabilitation post-TBI. The topics are illustrated with past and current research, as well as a range of clinical case studies. The volume is invaluable to established and new clinicians and researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who work in the field of pediatric TBI field, including psychologists, neuropsychologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, neurologists, geneticists, educators, pediatricians, rehabilitationists, and representatives from the legal profession.

About the Author(s)

Dr. Cathy Catroppa is an educational and developmental psychologist, a Research Fellow of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne, Australia, and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne. Dr Catroppa's work has focused on the coordination of a large scale research program examining acute and long-term term outcomes following pediatric TBI. Dr Catroppa has now also placed an emphasis on developing and piloting intervention programs aimed to prevent and/or reduce impairments post-pediatric TBI. She has over 70 publications in peer reviewed journals.

Vicki Anderson is Director of Psychology at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, Director of Critical Care and Neurosciences Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology at the University of Melbourne. She also established the Centre for Child Neuropsychological Studies. She has served on the Board of Governors of the International Neuropsychological Society and is past President of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment. Dr Anderson's work focuses on the outcomes of developmental and acquired brain disorders in children, particularly TBI. She has published 4 books since 2001, and has over 200 peer reviewed journal papers.

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