The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) and the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) hosted a consensus conference to address persistent cognitive impairments following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and the role of cognitive rehabilitation in this population. Fifty military and civilian subject matter experts developed clinic...

Only one out of seven patients recovers after a first episode of psychosis despite psychiatric care. Rehabilitation interventions have been developed to improve functional outcomes and to promote recovery. We conducted a systematic review of the effectiveness of the main psychiatric rehabilitation interventions following a search of the electronic databases Pubmed, ScienceDirect, and Google Sch...

Research in psychopathology and the cognitive neurosciences suggests new applications in psychiatric rehabilitation. Analysis of performance deficits on laboratory tasks can contribute to treatment planning, individual and family counseling, and staff consultation, much like it does in cases of brain injury and other types of central nervous system neuropathology. Recognition of the nature of c...

Brain injury is one of the main causes of long-term disability, and its rehabilitation is a challenge to healthcare teams. This study developed a tele-rehabilitation system for the cognitive rehabilitation of persons with brain injury using LabVIEW, a high-level graphical programming environment. The system offers several cognitive rehabilitation exercises and allows patients’ personal and clin...

The cognitive profile and outcome of Encephalitis Lethargica has not been systematically described in the literature. Treatment has typically focused upon medical management. The first case report of a patient with Encephalitis Lethargica who underwent a systematic programme of cognitive rehabilitation is presented. Initial neuropsychological assessment conducted during her acute presentation i...

BACKGROUND The cognitive status is generally considered as a major determinant of rehabilitation outcome in Parkinson's disease (PD). No studies about the effect of cognitive impairment on motor rehabilitation outcomes in PD have been performed before. OBJECTIVE This study is aimed to evaluate the impact of cognitive decline on rehabilitation outcomes in patients with PD. METHODS We retrosp...

Comprehensive rehabilitation services postacute stroke have been shown efficacious in European trials; however, their effectiveness in everyday practices in the United States is unknown. We compared outcomes of veteran patients provided with comprehensive rehabilitation with those provided with consultative rehabilitation services postacute stroke using propensity scores. Outcomes included chan...

ed according to specific criteria. For each of the remaining 87 studies, the level of evidence was determined using the same criteria as in our prior review. Update on Evidence-based Cognitive Rehabilitation 3 Of the 87 studies evaluated, 17 were rated as Class I, 8 as Class II, and 62 as Class III. Evidence within each predefined area of intervention was synthesized and recommendations were de...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated cognitive functioning among older adults with physical debility not attributable to an acute injury or neurological condition who were receiving subacute inpatient physical rehabilitation. DESIGN A cohort investigation with assessments at admission and discharge. SETTING Three geriatric rehabilitation hospital wards. PARTICIPANTS Consecutive rehabilitatio...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study is to apply cognitive rehabilitation according to Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients' level of cognitive functioning to compare changes in Cognitive Assessment Reference Diagnosis System performance and present standards for effective intervention. [Subjects] Subjects were 30 inpatients diagnosed with AD. Subjects were grouped by Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR)...