Bipolar Disorder or BRAIN INJURY RETURNING TO EMPLOY

Bipolar Disorder: Rebuilding Your Life

Author: James T Stout

Learn life-enhancing lessons from a fellow struggler who's "been there" and is helping hundreds to reclaim and redirect their lives. This is the true story of one man's battle to recover from depression, mania, the stigma of mental illness, and the trauma of childhood emotional and sexual abuse.

Library Journal

Having survived a sexually and emotionally abusive childhood, Stout became a successful Presbyterian minister, athlete, husband, and father until bipolar disorder led him to a suicide attempt and hospitalization. Here, he describes his long and ongoing struggle with the disease, complicated by problems encountered by many patients battles with insurance companies, the adverse side effects of drugs, and uncomprehending acquaintances. Other titles, notably E. Fuller Torrey's Surviving Manic Depression, are more comprehensive in their discussion of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of bipolar disorder, and Kaye Redfield Jamison's memoir, An Unquiet Mind, is better written. Stout's book, however, will be helpful to Christians confronting mental illness directly or indirectly. He includes specific recommendations for congregations interested in serving the mentally ill. For church and seminary libraries as well as public libraries serving Christian populations. Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., Pullman, WA

See also: Menümarketing und Management

BRAIN INJURY & RETURNING TO EMPLOY

Author: James Japp

"Brain Injury and Returning to Employment provides a clear overview of the cognitive and psychological difficulties associated with acquired brain injury and discusses how people affected by it can prepare for and remain in employment." "The author offers effective occupational techniques to address impaired memory, attention and executive functions, and difficulties with organisation and planning skills, as well as the speech impairments commonly associated with acquired brain injury. He also examines the environmental, emotional, physical and psychological barriers to work reintegration and offers a range of solutions to these problems, including mentoring relationships with colleagues." This valuable book is essential reading for professionals working with brain-injuried individuals in the fields of psychology, occupational therapy, employment advisory services and human resources.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introduction	9
Ch. 2	Neurological impartment. The broader picture	12
Ch. 3	Acquired brain (head) injury	21
Ch. 4	Brain injury problems	25
Ch. 5	Vocational assessment	39
Ch. 6	Vocational rehabilitation	54
Ch. 7	Enhancing brain functioning	69
Ch. 8	Occupational techniques	78
Ch. 9	Workplace reintegration	88
Ch. 10	Case studies	101
	Postscript : reducing risk	112