New Brain & Life Book: Navigating the Challenges of Concussion

The latest volume in the Brain & Life® Books series, Navigating the Challenges of Concussion, has been published. The book is co-authored by AAN member Michael S. Jaffee, MD, FAAN, with Donna K. Broshek, PhD, ABPP-CN, and Adrian M. Svingos, PhD.

“Navigating the Challenges of Concussion helps patients and their families to sort through the noise and conventional wisdom to better understand the current state of knowledge of this common injury and its effects,” said Jaffee. “Armed with the knowledge and stories outlined in this book, individuals who have suffered a concussion can know what to expect in their recovery and how to lay the groundwork for improved postinjury outcomes. Moreover, as knowledge about concussion evaluation and management changes at a rapid pace, this book also keeps health care providers abreast of the latest clinical guidelines and encourages them to understand the patient experience more fully. The book addresses acute management as well as approaches to those with persisting symptoms and concerns for long-term sequelae. This is a soup to nuts guide that illuminates this condition for patients, caregivers, and health care providers alike.”

“I’m enthusiastic about having Concussion join the family of patient-oriented volumes in the Brain & Life Books series,” said David C. Spencer, MD, FAAN, editor of the series. “The Brain & Life Books series is designed to inform, guide, and connect with readers using understandable, non-technical language. Nowhere is this more needed than when someone has experienced and is recovering from a concussion. Over the years, concussion has been widely misunderstood and often discounted as minor or trivial. In Navigating the Challenges of Concussion, Dr. Jaffee uses clear language to dispel myths and guide patients and families using the best available evidence-based information on management and recovery while helping to avoid common pitfalls—and always with a reassuring hand on your shoulder.”

Navigating the Challenges of Concussion can be purchased online and from all major booksellers.

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