Clinical and Neuropsychological Aspects of Closed Head Injury Book

	Acknowledgements	vii
	Series preface	ix
	Abbreviations	x
1.	Definitions, epidemiology, and causes	1
	Definitions	2
	Epidemiology	16
	Mortality	26
	Causes	30
	Overview	36
2.	Mechanisms of structural pathology	39
	Cerebral contusions	41
	Diffuse axonal injury	49
	Secondary brain damage	57
	Overview	69
3.	Retrograde amnesia and post-traumatic amnesia	73
	Retrograde amnesia	74
	Post-traumatic amnesia	80
	Overview	94
4.	Memory function	97
	Memory function following minor closed head injury	98
	Memory function following severe closed head injury	104
	Overview	123
5.	Cognition and language	125
	Cognitive function	125
	Verbal and nonverbal intelligence	139
	Disorders of language	146
	Overview	155
6.	Subjective complaints and personality disorders	157
	Postconcussional symptoms	157
	Personality disorders	176
	Family relationships	181
	Overview	186
7.	Outcome, recovery, and rehabilitation	189
	Measures of outcome	189
	Recovery of function	204
	The process of recovery	216
	Rehabilitation	221
	Overview	231
	References	233
	Author index	279
	Subject index	288