Neurocognitive management in patients with TBI

The severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs on a broad spectrum, from very mild injury to severe, life-threatening injuries. The most common areas of neuropsychological difficulty for individuals with mild TBI involve attention, speed of processing, learning, and executive functions.Neurocognitive rehabilitation, a clinical area including interdisciplinary skills aimed at recovery as well as compensation of cognitive functions is much more important for these people with TBI.It is important to understand that patients with TBI are susceptible to emotional vulnerabilities. Personality factors can interact with the deficits, the post-injury circumstances and experiences, and the treatment.Successful cognitive rehabilitation programs are those whose aim is both recovery and compensation based on an integrated and interdisciplinary approach. Roadmaps should then be developed in each case that is named Training strategies outside the outpatient clinic which is called community based rehabilitation.

Keywords:

Neurocognition , rehabilitation and traumatic brain injury