Affiliation:
1. AIl India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India
Abstract
Neuropsychological rehabilitation is concerned with achievement of maximum potential in diverse domains of psychological, social, vocational, and everyday life functioning in people with cognitive, emotional, psychosocial, and behavioral deficits caused by an insult to the brain. Hence, neuropsychological rehabilitation is the process of helping a patient to recover the functions that are impaired due to brain injury. The major role of neuropsychological rehabilitation is the improvement of cognitive deficits resulting from brain damage using extensive cognitive retraining. This chapter explores neuropsychological rehabilitation.