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"This lively, well-researched, and hopeful book is an excellent primer for anyone dealing with TBI and its aftermath, from victims to caretakers. It is clearly written and illustrated for the average reader, but contains information that may be new to many healthcare professionals puzzled by odd and unresponsive symptoms and the realization that time alone does not heal the brain. Conquering Concussion by Mary Lee Esty, Ph.D., and C. M. Shifflett presents history, new research, treatments, and 20 years of clinical case histories. These are real stories about real people struggling with post-concussion symptoms: terrible fatigue, headache and body pain, emotional swings, mental fog, insomnia, weight gain and balance problems. It shows how TBI symptoms overlap with other diagnoses such as ADHD and depression, and reveals the link with PTSD.
About the Author
Mary Lee Esty, Ph.D., is one of the foremost theorists and scholars in the field of Neurotherapy. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a doctorate in health psychology, Dr. Esty is a Senior Fellow in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback. Her peer-reviewed research in TBI began with an NIH-funded study published in The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (2001) and a follow-on study with Iraq/Afghanistan veterans in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences (2012) . Research evaluating the efficacy of Neurofeedback on TBI and PTSD in soldiers continues in association with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Conquering Concussion has been named one of the Best Books of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews, as well as one of their top 12 Most Edifying books and has received "Starred Reviews" from both Kirkus Reviews and Bluelink Review.
