Tamara Greenspan Head Injury Collection

The Brain

Brain: Our Universe Within 
    Evolution and Perception - 90 minute video
    Matter over Mind - 90 minute video
    Memory and Renewal - 90 minute video

Fix, James D. Atlas of the Human Brain and Spinal Cord.  Aspen Publications, 1987.

Gertz, S. David. Liebman's Neuroanatomy Made Easy and Understandable.  5th edition.  Aspen Publications, 1996.

Restak, Richard.  Brainscapes.  Hyperion, 1995.

Coma

Coma.  16 minute video.  Brain Injury Association.

Coma. 60 minute video.  Nova/WGBH. 1997.

Freeman, E.A. The Catastrophe of Coma: A Way Back.  Sheridan Medical Books, 1987.

Mindell, Amy. Coma: A Healing Journey.  Lao Tse Press, 1999.

Young, G. Bryan, editor. Coma and Impaired Consciousness: a Clinical Perspective.  McGraw-Hill, 1998


Personal Stories of Survivors

Dickenson, Mollie. Thumbs Up: the Life and Courageous Comeback of White House Press Secretary Jim Brady.  Morrow, 1987

Dyer, Wayne W. A Promise is a Promise: an Almost Unbelievable Story of a Mother's Unconditional Love and What it Can Teach Us.  Hay House, 1996.

Gardner, Howard. The Shattered Mind. Vintage Books, 1974.

Luria, A. R. The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound.  Harvard University Press, 1972.

Moore, Adam. Broken Arrow Boy.  Landmark Editions, 1990.

Neill, Betty Anne. Locked In.  Dry Bones Press, 1996.

Osborn, Claudia L. Over My Head: a Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out.  Andrews McMeel, 1997.

Quinn, Deborah A. Conquering the Darkness: One Woman's Story of Recovering from a Brain Injury.  Paragon House, 1998.

Swet, Peter. Cracking Up: Nice Day for a Brain Hemorrhage.  Hazelden, 1998.

Resources for Families

Abrahamson, Pat. Brain Injury: A Family Tragedy.  HDI, 1997.

Acorn, Sonia, editor. Living with Brain Injury: a Guide for Families and Caregivers. University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Appleton, Richard, editor. Management of Brain-injured Children.  Oxford University Press, 1998.

Basic Self-care: Dressing, Eating, Toileting, Hygiene and Grooming Skills. CNS Familyworks, 1998.

Brain Injury: A Guide for Families. HDI Publishers, 1996

Brain Injury: A Home Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program. HDI Publications, 1997.

DeBoskey, Dana S. Coming Home: A Discharge Manual for Families of Persons with A Brain Injury.  HDI Publishers, 1996.

Dell Orto, Arthur E. Head Injury and the Family.  GR/St. Lucie Press, 1997.

Doman, Glenn. What to Do about Your Brain-injured Child. Avery, 1994.

Helping Ourselves: a Guide for Brain Injury Support Groups.  Brain Injury Association, 1998.

Hughes, Barry K. Parenting a Child With Traumatic Brain Injury. Charles C. Thomas, 1990.

Lash, Marilyn. When a Parent Has a  Brain Injury.  Massachusetts Head Injury Associations, 1993.

Lash, Marilyn. When Your Child Goes to School after an Injury.  Tufts University, 1992.

Maurer, Janet R. Building a New Dream: a Family Guide to coping with Chronic Illness and Disability. Addison-Wesley, 1989

Missouri Head Injury Guide for Survivors, Families and Caregivers.  Delores John, editor.  Missouri Head Injury Association, 1993.

National Directory of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services.  1998/99 edition. Brain Injury Association, 1998.

The Role of the Family in TBI Rehab. HDI Publications, 1996. 

Senelick, Richard C. Living with Brain Injury. Revised ed. Healthsouth Press, 1998.

Smith, Louise Margaret. Family Support Programs and Rehabilitation: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury.  Plenum Press, 1995.

[Note: we are pleased to provide the link to the HDI publishers: http://www.healthdevelopment.org/default1.htm ]

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