Spatial-temporal characteristics of perceptual organization following acquired brain injury

Spatial-temporal characteristics of perceptual organization following acquired brain injury.

OBJECTIVE To assess characteristics of perceptual organization following brain injury. RESEARCH DESIGN A repeated measures between groups design. METHODS Perceptual thresholds were compared between 10 persons with brain injury and 10 demographically matched healthy control subjects. Ten young control subjects were also tested to evaluate effects of normal ageing on these processes. Particip...

Rehabilitation following acquired brain injury: concise guidance.

The national clinical guidelines for Rehabilitation following acquired brain injury were developed by a multidisciplinary working party convened by the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, and are published in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians (2003). They have been produced to complement the National Institute of Clinical Excellence head injury guidelines, and to addres...

Socio-emotional behaviour following acquired brain injury

Perceptual organization deficits in traumatic brain injury patients.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a prevalent condition and there is limited visual perception research with this population. Here, we investigated perceptual organization changes in a rather homogeneous sample of closed head TBI outpatients with diffuse axonal injury only and no other known comorbidities. Patients had normal or corrected visual acuity. Perceptual organization was measured with t...

Use of antidepressant medication following acquired brain injury: concise guidance.

Depression is increasingly recognised as a common sequel to acquired brain injury and the use of antidepressant medication in this context has increased markedly over recent years. However, these drugs are not without side effects--some of them serious--and they should not be used without proper evaluation and monitoring. This set of concise guidance was developed jointly by the British Society...