Blog Feed: Reading Brain Injury: The Best Brain Injury Books Reviewed by Garry Prowe

In the Shadow of Memory

Published on 2011-04-15 08:25:42

What does a writer do when he acquires a brain injury? Naturally, he writes about it. The writing profession may be the one of the few areas in the competitive economy in which survivors of serious brain injuries—with their multitude of impairments > read more

Professor Cromer Learns to Read: A Couple’s New Life after Brain Injury

Published on 2011-03-11 08:37:48

There are primarily two types of books written for survivors of a brain injury and their caregivers. The first are family guides that provide information and advice for recovering from and living with a brain injury. They can be a bit dry and clinica > read more

Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury: Devastation, Hope, and Healing

Published on 2011-02-10 06:59:42

I studied public policy in graduate school and often scrutinize policies and programs from a cost-benefit perspective. What does this program cost? Who benefits from it? What impact will reducing or eliminating this program have on society? In this w > read more

A New Year, A New Pile of Books

Published on 2011-01-17 10:49:31

It’s been quite awhile since I posted here. My excuses include the holidays, a flare-up in a chronic medical condition, the start of the college basketball season, jigsaw puzzles, a bit of brain injury burnout, and temporary paralysis at the sight > read more

After Brain Injury: Telling Your Story, A Journaling Workbook

Published on 2010-11-23 08:00:41

A brain injury is a sudden, discombobulating, life-altering experience. The survivor faces a mix of intractable physical, cognitive, communication, emotional, behavioral, and/or social challenges. She easily can be overwhelmed with anger, grief, and/ > read more

The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Published on 2010-10-29 13:40:05

I have been writing about my favorite brain injury books for about four months now. So far, I’ve reviewed personal narratives written by either a survivor of a brain injury or a family member, as well as a few family guides written by medical profe > read more

Missing Pieces: Mending the Head Injury Family

Published on 2010-10-19 07:07:48

Today, I conclude my reviews of guides for the families of brain injury survivors with Missing Pieces: Mending the Head Injury Family. A brain injury to any member of a family profoundly impacts how the household operates. Changes in family members > read more

The Journey toward Recovery: Youth with Brain Injury

Published on 2010-10-12 11:00:11

A child in your family acquires a brain injury. How do you tell his siblings and his friends what they should expect when he returns home and how they best can help him adjust to life with a brain injury? In my previous post, I mentioned that the app > read more

Head Injury: The Facts

Published on 2010-10-06 11:48:36

Today’s book, Head Injury: The Facts, is very much unrecognized here in the U.S. The authors of this excellent family guide are English. The book is intended for a United Kingdom audience, and in the U.K. they still use the term “head injury.” > read more

Mindstorms

Published on 2010-09-29 07:54:56

When Jessica acquired her brain injury in a motor vehicle accident in 1997, the first book we turned to was Living with Brain Injury: A Guide for Families by Richard Senelick, M.D. and Karla Dougherty. This book is still a valuable resource, but it h > read more

Family Guides

Published on 2010-09-23 11:34:02

I’m back after spending some time at the beach trying not to think about brain injury. Today, I begin reviewing family guides. These are books, usually written by medical professionals, intended to provide folks new to brain injury with both an ove > read more

Survivor and Caregiver Narratives

Published on 2010-09-01 10:23:56

Today, I’m going to summarize my previous posts to accommodate the flood (actually it’s more like a trickle) of new readers. As part of my research for a series of books on successfully surviving a brain injury, I read a lot. I’m al > read more

To Love What Is

Published on 2010-08-26 06:43:29

It’s been awhile since I’ve found a survivor or caregiver narrative to add to my recommended reading list, which I try to keep short. Folks caring for someone with a brain injury often don’t have much time to read. Today’s book, To Love What > read more