In Trouble in Mind, neuropsychologist Jenni Ogden, author of Fractured Minds, transports the reader into the world of some of her most memorable neurological patients as she explores with compassion, insight, and vivid description the human side of brain damage. These are tales of patients who, as the result of stroke, brain tumor, car crash, or neurological disease, begin thinking and behaving strangely, and with their loved ones' support embark on the long journey to recovery, acceptance of disability and sometimes, death. There is Luke, the gang member who loses his speech but finds he can still sing his favorite blues number "Trouble in Mind," and Hm, who teaches the world about memory and becomes the most studied single case in medical history.
You'll meet Julian, who misplaces his internal map of the body, and Tune, a singer who risks losing her song when she undergoes nuclear physics for stopping her epilepsy. Then there's Kim having a severe mind injuries, and Sophie that has just lots of time to put her house so as before Alzheimer's disease dementia steals her insight. Of these and the rest of the patients whose tales are told within this book, the find it difficult to understand their disordered minds and disobedient physiques takes remarkable courage, determination, and persistence. For health care professionals and scientists dealing with these patients, the moral and emotional challenges is often as demanding because the intellectual and treatment choices they create daily.
Trouble In Mind is written in an accessible narrative style that is both accurate and intimate. It will be enjoyed by readers -- whether students, researchers, or professionals in mental health and neuroscience, patients with neurological disorders and their families, or general readers -- who want to learn more about brain disorders and the doctors who care for those who suffer them.
Publisher: Oxford University Press | ISBN: 0199827001 | 2012 | PDF | 432 pages | 4.4 MB
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