Recommended Books on Stroke
I Know How Hard You Work: A Journey Through Stroke Recovery It came without warning.
While relaxing at home one day, Paul Sybert suffered a stroke that left his arm and leg numb and severely impaired his ability to walk. The ischemic stroke, caused by a clot in his brain that cut off the blood flow to his brain cells, led to an emergency room visit, a lengthy hospital stay, and months of arduous rehabilitation. Through it all, Paul never gave up hope for a complete recovery. I Know How Hard You Work relates Paul's inspiring journey from a debilitating stroke to his remarkable return to health. Through a mixture of instruction and support, Paul shares each step of his healing process to help stroke survivors learn to cope. He outlines the difficulty of physical therapy, the constant emotional turmoil, and the importance of focusing on a healthy self-image. Each chapter also includes a set of therapeutic topics ideal for exploring your own frustrations and hopes during your recovery period. Deeply personal, I Know How Hard You Work offers a gentle, calming presence in the midst of your struggle and gives you the strength to find your way back to good health.
The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke: Cognitive, Behavioral and Emotional Disorders following Vascular Brain Injury This fully revised new edition covers the range of neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with stroke, including cognitive, emotional and behavioural disorders such as depression, anxiety and psychosis. Since the last edition there has been an explosion of published literature on this topic and the book provides a comprehensive, systematic and cohesive review of this new material. There is growing recognition among a wide range of clinicians and allied healthcare staff that post-stroke neuropsychiatric syndromes are common and serious. Such complications can have a negative impact on recovery and even survival; however, there is now evidence suggesting that pre-emptive therapeutic intervention in high risk patient groups can prevent the initial onset of the conditions. This opportunity for primary prevention marks a huge advance in the management of this patient population. This book should be read by all those involved in the care of stroke patients, including psychiatrists, neurologists, rehabilitation specialists and nurses.
Stroke: A Comprehensive Guide to 'Brain Attacks' Everything You Need to Know (Your Personal Health)
Every 45 seconds someone in the United States will experience a stroke and four million Americans are living with the effects of stroke. This important book is a timely, authoritative and highly informative resource for those who want to understand this silent and debilitating disease, whether for themselves or for someone they love. Respected neurologist Valdimir Hachinski presents information on the leading cause of neurological disability in North America. Using case studies, diagrams and explanatory charts, this book features: What is a stroke and what causes it Who is at risk of a stroke Women and stroke What are the symptoms How a is diagnosis made Drugs and surgical options Alternative options Rehabilitation Living with the after-effects of stroke Preventing first and recurrent strokes Progress in research Table of drug names
Living with Stroke : A Guide For Families: Help and New Hope for All Those Touched by Stroke
This updated edition offers caregivers of stroke patients extensive information on understanding, treating, and recovering from this debilitating condition. Expert advice covers topics from physical rehabilitation to emotional issues, providing help and hope for the millions whose lives are touched by stroke.
Family Guide to Surviving Stroke & Communications Disorders The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide for families of stroke survivors, speech pathologists and rehabilitation specialists, and counselors who respond to the needs of stroke survivors and their families. Through non-technical terms, case studies, questions and answers, and examples, this book engages all readers on a journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering after a stroke.
Health Journeys for People Recovering from Stroke Our highly acclaimed, research-proven, physician-endorsed guided meditation combines healing imagery, powerful music and the most current understanding of the mind-body connection to help you lose weight.
Sixty relaxing minutes of Belleruth's imagery and affirmations are designed to reduce the craving for food; increase confidence and self-esteem; encourage acceptance of the body; safely speed up metabolism; help the body convert fat into energy; reinforce motivation & positive behavior change; and teach relaxation skills
Ions in the Brain: Normal Function, Seizures, and Stroke Ions, their transport across membranes, and their flow through specialized ion channels are central to the understanding of brain function, normal and pathological. The first part of this book deals with the regulation of ions in brain extra- and intracellular fluids. Regulation is effected
by the blood-brain barrier, and by membrane ion pumps and other transport mechanisms of neurons and glial cells. Normally adjusted for optimal neural function, ion levels can change and alter the excitability of neurons and influence synaptic transmission in healthy and diseased brains. After an
introduction to the electrophysiology of epilepsy, and a description of experimental seizure "models," the second part discusses the roles of the faulty regulation of ions and of the diseases of ion channels in generating epileptic seizures. The mechanisms of action of various anticonvulsant drugs
are also considered. The third part is devoted to the phenomenon of spreading depression and its likely role in human diseases. The final chapters of the book deal with the role of ions in the devastation caused by lack of oxygen and by insufficient blood flow to brain tissue, and the reasons for
the exceptional vulnerability of certain classes of central neurons in hypoxia and stroke. The book will be of interest to neuroscientists, neurobiologists, neurophysiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and to their students and trainees.
Stroke: Brain-Assault : Suggestions, Encourgement, and Exercises to Help You or Your Loved One Overcome the Effects of a Stroke Every 60 seconds someone has a stroke.
Stroke hits people of all ages. Stroke:Brian-Assault is the story of one woman's experience of an aneurysm stroke. The book chronicles the years following her stroke and provides techniques she used in her recovery. Five years after her stroke, Ms. DePaz went back to graduate school and completed her MBA degree. This book is for people who love or work with someone who has suffered a stroke. It is also for people who have the tenacity and desire to affect their own stroke recovery. Frame of mind is very important - focus on the future instead of mourning what's been lost, and make efforts, no matter how small, that bring back independence.
Stroke (The Facts) Stroke is a common cause of disability and the third most common cause of death but fails to attract much public attention. This book seeks to redress the balance by describing who suffers strokes and why. Anyone can have a stroke, but why is it mainly a disease of older age? Why do babies and
children get strokes? What should we do for suspected stroke? How should stroke be treated and perhaps more importantly, how can we all make changes to our lives to prevent this happening to ourselves and our family.
In this book, a large amount of reliable research data has been summarised to provide an authoritative evidence based medicine guide to stroke definition, incidence, management and prevention. This book will be of great interest to those who have had a stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack, and for
those who are concerned about having a stroke. Students and healthcare professionals will find it a useful introduction to stroke medicine. The author, a leading professor of geriatric medicine and stroke expert, puts stroke in its public health context and emphasises that we already know a huge
amount but have often failed to implement strategies to improve stroke care and prevent stroke in the first place.
Different Strokes... Everything You Never Wanted to Need to Know Had a stroke? Know someone who has? What happened? How could anything go wrong in an organ protected by a helmet of bone? Here's hope, and exciting prospects for the future.
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