Author/Editor     Sever, Alenka
Title     Okvara izvršitvenih sposobnosti po nezgodni možganski poškodbi - nevropsihološka ocena in terapevtski pristop
Translated title     Executive functioning after TBI - neuropsychological assessment and therapeutic approach
Type     članek
Source     In: Košorok V, Grabljevec K, editors. Poškodba glave - vpliv celovite nevrorehabilitacijske obravnave na funkcijski izid. Zbornik predavanj 16. dnevi rehabilitacijske medicine; 2005 mar 18-19; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Inštitut Republike Slovenije za rehabilitacijo,
Publication year     2005
Volume     str. 209-13
Language     slo
Abstract     lmpairment of executive functional system isquite expected and very frequent regarding biomechanic of traumatic brain injury. Unrecognised and unrehabilitated executive deficits dimished efficency of rehabilitation of the brain injured person. They also represent significant obstacle in psychosocial reaintegration due to unsuficently rehabilitated cognitive functions and untreated emotional in behavioral problems. Assessment of executive functions is possible only with neuropsychological examination, which enables us to form adequate rehabilitation plan with integrated psychotherapeutic components.
Descriptors     BRAIN INJURIES
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
COGNITION DISORDERS