COGNITIVE, BEHAVIORAL, AND OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Abstract

Traumatic Brain Injury is a notable factor for long-term disability and poses many challenges for people and communities across the World. Although the number of people surviving Traumatic Brain Injury has risen dramatically after improvements in early medical and nursing care, many have long-lasting cognitive, behavioral, and occupational problems. Among the most affected areas are attention and concentration, memory and executive function, and the ability to return to a healthy and effective life at work. Cognitive rehabilitation therapy, behavioral rehabilitation therapy, and occupational rehabilitation therapy have become very important for people suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury, and all these will be discussed in an integrated manner through an amalgamation of current literature and research studies in the subsequent sections of the chapter. The emphasis will not be on individual aspects and techniques of rehabilitation therapy; rather, an attempt will be made to highlight the importance and need for interdisciplinary rehabilitation therapy and an individual-based rehabilitation therapy both through an environmental and participation-based context. Evidence-based studies conducted through randomized trials and systematic qualitative and quantitative research will also be discussed, keeping in mind the positivity and negativity both for rehabilitation therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury recovery outcomes.