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One out of every two people presents cognitive deficit, affective disorder or behavioral change after a stroke, the main cause of acquired brain injury in Spain. Psychiatric disorders following an acquired brain injury condition the social integration of the affected person. In patients with severe head injury, behavioral alterations stand out as psychiatric sequelae. Psychopharmacology …
A head injury is any sort of trauma to the brain, scalp or skull. Head injuries are a major cause of mortality and disability in adults. Each year about 1.5 million Americans sustain a head injury, with an estimated 3% of death rate. Types of Head Injury Head injuries can be broken up into two …
Confabulations can be defined as false memories due to a retrieval problem, where the patient is unaware that he/she is confabulating and has the belief that the memory is true[1]. In a previous post, the classification, neuropathology and underlying cognitive mechanisms that contribute to the appearance of confabulations were briefly explained. In this second part, the major neuropsychological …
The performance of neurorehabilitation activities that require the involvement of different processes allows a more comprehensive and realistic approach to how our brain works and how it recovers after suffering brain damage. Nowadays, new technologies allow us to perform these integrated tasks in an effective and motivating way for patients. As a result, we promote …
The study of consciousness remains a mystery to contemporary science. However, it is increasingly becoming a key factor in the recovery of patients who have suffered an acquired brain injury. Many therapeutic processes of neuropsychological rehabilitation fail because they cannot count on the patient’s collaboration, as he or she does not adhere to the prescribed …
Stroke is a cerebrovascular disease that occurs when a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain bursts or is clogged by a blood clot or some other particle. If the blood supply which carries oxygen to the brain is stopped, the brain cells cannot function and die. This is the brain’s equivalent of a heart attack. This …
Cognitive rehabilitation can be defined as the set of procedures applied to improve various abilities and skills such as attention, memory, language or executive functions among others. The aim is to promote greater functional independence in a wide variety of daily life situations (Wood, 1994). In this article we focus on the neuropsychological rehabilitation of …
What is ABI? Acquired brain injury (ABI) is the result of a sudden injury to the brain that produces various physical, psychological and sensory sequelae, causing abnormalities in sensory perception, cognitive alterations and emotional disturbances. Most common causes of ABI The most common causes of ABI are cerebrovascular accidents (CVA or stroke), traumatic brain injury …
Confabulation, sometimes called “honest lying” is a cognitive phenomenon that can be seen in several acquired neurological conditions as well as in some psychiatric disorders. Although the term confabulation is currently used to refer to false perceptions of body states or the external world (non-mnesic confabulations), it has traditionally referred to false products of the memory (mnesic confabulations) …
