ABSTRACT

New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury provides an evidence base for clinical practice specific to traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained during childhood, with a focus on functional outcomes. It utilizes a biological-psychosocial conceptual framework consistent with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, which highlights that biological, psychological, and social factors all play a role in disease and children’s recovery from acquired brain injury. With its clinical perspective, it incorporates current and past research and evidence regarding advances that have occurred in outcomes, predictors, medical technology, and rehabilitation post-TBI.

This book is great resource for established and new clinicians and researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows who work in the field of pediatric TBI, including psychologists, neuropsychologists, pediatricians, and psychiatrists.

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

section I|16 pages

Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Pathophysiology of Child TBI

chapter 2|7 pages

Epidemiology

chapter 3|9 pages

Mechanisms and Pathophysiology

section II|44 pages

Measurement and Assessment of Child TBI

chapter 4|10 pages

Assessing Acute Aspects of Child TBI

chapter 5|15 pages

Neuroimaging in Child TBI

section III|34 pages

Evidence-Based Outcomes and Their Predictors Following Child TBI

chapter 7|25 pages

Outcomes and Predictors of Child TBI

chapter 8|9 pages

The Evolution of Child TBI into Adulthood

section IV|34 pages

Rehabilitation/Intervention

chapter 9|9 pages

Acute Management of Child TBI