About the Author.
Foreword by John Tetnowski, Ph.D.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
I. AN ECLECTIC APPROACH TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF NEUROGENIC COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.
1. Historical Perspectives on the Psychology of Neurogenic Communication
Disorders.
Introduction.
To Localize or Not to Localize.
Multiple Determinants.
2. The Big Three Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Quality of Life.
Aphasia.
Apraxia of Speech.
The Dysarthrias.
Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Etiology of the Big Three Neurogenic Communication Disorders.
Psychological Cause and Effect.
Quality of Life Issues.
Stress and Neurogenic Communication Disorders.
3. Neurogenic Communication Disorders, Brain Injury, and Psychological
Adjustment.
Catastrophic Reactions.
Emotional Lability.
Perseveration.
Other Organically-Based Psychological Reactions.
Euphoria.
Organic Depression.
Behavioral Changes.
Anosognosia.
The Meaning of Jargon Aphasia.
Visual Neglect.
Psychological Reactions and Brain Localization.
4. Neurogenic Communication Disorders, Coping Styles, and Psychological Defenses.
Avoidance.
Escape.
Ego Restriction.
Fantasy.
Other Coping Styles and Psychological Defenses.
Suppression.
Sublimation, Substitution and Altruism.
Humor Rationalization and Intellectualization.
Repression.
Reaction Formation.
Displacement.
Dissociation.
Undoing.
Passive-Aggression.
Projection.
Regression.
5. Neurogenic Communication Disorders and the Grief Response.
Tangible and Symbolic Losses.
The Dimensions of Loss.
Loss of Person.
Loss of Self.
Loss of Object.
Developmental Loss.
Loss of Security.
The Road to Acceptance.
Grieving Denial.
Grieving Frustration.
Grieving Depression.
Acceptance and Resolution.
Helping the Patient Through the Grieving Process.
Avoid Rewarding Denial.
Avoid Contributing to Frustration.
Avoid Providing Secondary Gains.
Avoid Heavily Sedating Drugs.
Avoid Interruption of Private Grief.
Permit the Patient Control.
Provide the Patient with Perspective.
Acknowledge the Reality of the Loss.
II. ON COPING WITH NEUROGENIC COMMUNICATION DISORDERS: ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES.
Cautious Clyde's Descent into Darkness.
Murder Challenged.
Murphy's Inner World of Aphasia.
Alternatively Abled.
The Silent Tongue (Aphasia): A Poem
Glossary.
Suggested Readings.
References.
