Cognitive rehabilitation refers to a set of interventions that aim to improve a person's ability to perform cognitive tasks by retraining previously learned skills and teaching compensatory strategies. Cognitive rehabilitation begins with a thorough neuropsychological assessment to identify cognitive strengths and weaknesses and the degree of change in cognitive ability following a brain injury...

Prospective memory problems are common in patients with brain injury, but appropriate measures are limited. The reliability and validity of the newly designed Royal Prince Alfred Prospective Memory Test (RPA-ProMem), which has three alternate versions, was investigated in 20 healthy volunteers and 20 neurological patients with everyday prospective memory problems. The RPA-ProMem was found to be...

The aim of our research was to assess the efficiency of cognitive rehabilitation aimed at training selective memory with the help of mnemonic techniques. The patient, aged 26, had been treated for anorexia for two years (BMI-9.7, almost critical condition). He complained of an xiety, difficulties in coping, hyperorality and attention disorders, compulsiveness and auto-aggressive behavior. He al...

PURPOSE To identify experiences and needs of women with coronary artery disease. METHODS Qualitative research utilizing focus groups and grounded theory. Women were recruited from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Alumni, a group of former Heart Institute patients, and from the Heart Institute cardiac rehabilitation program. FINDINGS All women had difficulties recognizing their sympt...

INTRODUCTION Traumatic brain injury results in complex cognitive sequelae. Impairments in memory are among the most common sequelae resulting in significant functional problems. An international team of researchers and clinicians (known as INCOG) was formed to develop recommendations for the management of impairments in memory. METHODS The experts met to select appropriate recommendations and...

BACKGROUND Gainful employment is one major area of functioning which is becoming an important goal in psychiatric rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia. Studies in western countries are pointing to evidence that certain sociodemographic and clinical factors may contribute to employment outcomes in this group of people. However, the area is still largely unexplored in Malaysia. The aim o...

The neuropsychological evaluation of memory by traditional tests raises questions about their ecological validity, as the results on these tests often have little relation to the memory complaints. In an attempt to explain this lack of relationship, the present study had two objectives: (1) explore the ecological superiority of the Process Dissociation Procedure (PDP) over traditional memory te...