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Chapter 23 - Families

Effective Communication and Facilitating Adjustment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2020

By
Fiona Summers ,
Helen M. K. Gooday ,
Maggie Whyte  and
Camilla Herbert
Edited by
Peter C. Whitfield ,
Jessie Welbourne ,
Elfyn Thomas ,
Fiona Summers ,
Maggie Whyte  and
Peter J. Hutchinson
Peter C. Whitfield
Affiliation:
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Jessie Welbourne
Affiliation:
University Hospitals, Plymouth
Elfyn Thomas
Affiliation:
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Fiona Summers
Affiliation:
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Maggie Whyte
Affiliation:
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Peter J. Hutchinson
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
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Summary

The role of the family in recovery from brain injury is of central importance. Family members provide emotional and practical support, advocate for the patient and assist in rehabilitation. The experience of observing a family member following a traumatic injury is extremely challenging and families can experience high levels of distress, anger, guilt and denial in the early post-traumatic phase. These features are followed, in the longer term, by increasing social isolation, depression and anxiety about the future1–3 and can persist for many years after discharge from hospital. Cognitive and personality changes in the individual with the brain injury are reported as the main causes of family distress than other consequences.

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Traumatic Brain Injury
A Multidisciplinary Approach
 , pp. 290 - 300
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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