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Different Approaches to Restoring Mental Functioning Showcased in NeuroRehabilitation
There is a growing need for Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT)
due to the huge influx of soldiers returning from war zones with brain
injuries, athletes with sports-related head injuries, and the growing
population with age-related cognitive decline. This special collection
of articles in NeuroRehabilitation illustrates the art and
science of restoring mental functioning in those who have suffered a
debilitating injury or who may otherwise have problems with attention,
comprehension, learning, remembering, problem solving, reasoning, and
processing.
CRT has its origins in the development of therapy for wounded
soldiers during the two World Wars. This same need continues today with
the influx of soldiers with brain injuries who are returning from the
Middle East and Afghanistan. The American Congress of Rehabilitation
Medicine defines the primary goal of cognitive rehabilitation as “to
ameliorate injury-related deficits in order to maximize safety, daily
functioning, independence, and quality of life. Progress is achieved in a
stepwise manner, with an emphasis on following long term goals that
include problem orientation, awareness and goal setting, compensation,
internalization, and generalization.”
“There has been a virtual explosion of interest in CRT techniques
over the past four decades,” says Guest Editor Rick Parente, PhD,
Professor, Psychology Department, Towson University, Maryland, USA.
“Literally anyone who has sustained a brain injury or stroke may
benefit. But there is a conspicuous lack of published research that
describes specific, standardized, or easily replicable CRT techniques.
Aside from some commercially available software packages there are no
other standardized treatment packages in general use. The goal of this
collection is therefore to showcase the efforts of therapists around the
world who actually provide treatment. Perhaps the best approach to CRT
involves using numerous techniques together to coordinate the survivor’s
nutrition, life style habits, and therapy efforts. Several of these
articles illustrate the integration of these techniques.”
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