Citation

Giles GM, Fussey I, Burgess P. Brain Inj. 1988; 2(1): 75-79.

Affiliation

Bay Area Head Injury Recovery Center, Berkeley, CA 94705.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2458790

Abstract

This study reports the improvement of verbal interaction skills in a 27-year-old severely head-injured male who presented with an inappropriate attention-seeking circumlocutory conversational style. The patient was baselined on verbal response to three differing question forms, and then treated using combined cognitive behavioural methods on a daily sessional basis. Treatment resulted in a significant clinical change out of sessions, whilst the overall in-session improvement proved significant at the 0.05 level. Follow-up at 2 months indicated that the trend of improvement had continued beyond the treatment period.

Language: en