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Rehabilitation of Memory

Rehabilitation of Memory

by Barbara A . Wilson (Author)

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    Paperback 1988

    $5.72
Synopsis

Drawing from cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and behavioral psychology, Wilson demonstrates how to assess memory problems for rehabilitation and produce a comprehensive plan of action.
Clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, and neuropsychologists working with the memory impaired will gain an understanding of various techniques that can be employed to help their patients. Occupational and speech therapists will learn practical measures to help with their patient's specific memory problems and academic psychologists will appreciate the theoretical support that has been advanced by Dr. Wilson in her search for effective treatment programs.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 270
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 25 Dec 1988
ISBN 10: 0898625130
ISBN 13: 9780898625134

Media Reviews
This book should provide a good starting point for the development of individual programs for rehabilitation of patients with memory problems. -- The Journal of the Australian Behavior Modification Association
Wilson's attempt to frame the treatment of memory by theories radiating from cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and behavioral psychology offers clarity and a network of ideas, [and] avoids the cookbook approach. Her recounting of first-hand experiences, failures as well as successes, shows a healthy respect for the complex phenomenon of memory loss. Her willingness to test the efficacy of various techniques gives some hope that rehabilitation professionals may be in a position to apply scientifically based practical approaches to the problem of memory failure.' -- Rehabilitation Nursing

This clearly written book provides a much needed guide for every clinician who works with memory impaired patients. It promises no more than can be delivered and thus gives a full and honest account of both the possibilities and the limitations of memory training techniques that may ameliorate memory problems associated with brain injury or brain disease. In the first four chapters Dr. Wilson provides an in-depth and up-to-date review of the scientific foundations--in neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, behavioral psychology, and research design--that form the basis of any rational, responsible program for improving the functioning of patients with organically impaired memory. In the fifth chapter Dr. Wilson describes in detail the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test which ennables the therapist to examine 13 different practical aspects of memory, so that an individualised memory retraining program may be planned and repeatedly evaluated. The next six chapters deal with a comprehensive variety of memory training techniques and support strategies, including descriptions and examples of all the usual techniques that can be found in the literature, plus some quite original rehabilitation procedures and recomendations. Dr. Wilson closes by reiterating the importance of psychological knowledge in rehabilitation practice. In her final discussion she reminds the reader of both short- and long-term humanistic values that need to be considered when making practical cost-benefit decisions about who shall be treated and how.

REHABILITATION OF MEMORY is a rare and happy marriage of solid science with compassionate common sense, joined by the wisdom of experience. Its goal is simply to teach how to make the most of memory impairment. Its lessons can be learned and applied by everyone who treats brain damaged patient. Its cautions should be heeded by everyone concerned with the rehabilitation of the brain impaired, so that the patients' energies and resources are not squandered in naive or misguided efforts to reinstate memory functions when thay have truly been lost. Rather, with this book, memory training can be directed toward maximising what capacities remain by practical means that are scientifically appropriate.'' --Muriel D. Rezack, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurology, Oregon Health Sciences