| Description |
1 online resource (175 pages) |
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After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories Ser |
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After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Part I: Alex's story -- 1 Life before -- 2 Symptoms and diagnosis: the Lime in the Coconut -- 3 The op: happy Valentine's Day -- 4 Early visits -- The copper-bottomed guarantee -- Dehydration -- Catheters -- Body dysmorphia -- Note -- 5 Psychosis and stories: insights and butterflies -- Memories of the operation -- Making plans for the future -- A friend comes to call -- Building rapport -- Bacteria -- Human Growth Hormone -- The sex change |
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Disinhibition -- The one about the escape -- The one about vivisection -- Other stories -- The power of speech -- Drug trials -- Choices: deaf or hearing? -- Choices: human or animal? -- Voices from my subconscious -- Insights into my own personality -- Hypnosis -- Seeing things -- Notes -- 6 Cancer -- Note -- 7 Rehabilitation and recovery -- The A ward -- The Lewin Rehabilitation Unit -- The BIRT (Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust) -- Maggie's Wallace -- Amchara -- Authentic movement and breathwork -- Hypnotherapy -- The Oliver Zangwill Centre (OZC) -- Notes |
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8 Naturopathy and strategies that have helped -- Homeopathy -- Marlow Purves -- Herbalism -- Nathaniel Hughes -- Intuitive herbalism -- Acupuncture -- Dr Li Zhang -- Exercise -- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) -- Catherine Smart -- NSA (Network Spinal Analysis) -- Dr Gethin Gray and Dr Fiona Marsden -- Yoga nidra -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO) -- Love and support -- My two -- no, three, no, wait, make that four -- seizures -- 9 Life today -- Part II: Background information from Adel Helmy and Barbara A. Wilson -- 10 Meningioma and the brain -- What causes meningiomas? |
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How do meningiomas cause symptoms? -- How are meningiomas treated? -- How is the surgery done? -- Papillary meningioma -- Alex's scans -- 11 Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome -- How is the motor system of the brain organised? -- What is the Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome (SMAS)? -- 12 Reports from staff and Alex's former partner -- Addenbrooke's hospital -- Senior SALT's notes -- Fen House (Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust: BIRT) -- Notes -- 13 Alex at the Oliver Zangwill Centre -- Why did Alex come to the OZC? -- What are executive deficits? -- First assessment at the OZC -- The programme |
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Support for relatives -- 14 Summary and conclusions -- References -- Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jelly, Alex -- Health
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Meningioma -- Treatment
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Meningioma -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
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Health.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Helmy, Adel
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Wilson, Barbara A
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| ISBN |
9780429668296 |
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0429668295 |
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9780429022968 |
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0429022964 |
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9780429668210 |
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042966821X |
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9780429668135 |
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0429668139 |
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