Managing Fatigue after brain injury
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| Category: |
Effects of brain injury |
| ISBN: | 978-1-873889-56-5 |
| Cover Type: | Soft Cover |
| Publication Date: | N/A |
Managing Fatigue after brain injury is written for people who have had a brain injury and are experiencing fatigue. The booklet aims to help brain injury survivors, their families and friends to understand fatigue and how it affects them.


Contents include
- What is fatigue?
- Fatigue after brain injury
- Recognising fatigue
- Triggers to fatigue
- Managing your fatigue
Mood-related factors
Pacing
Sleep hygiene
Exercise
Nutrition and hydration
Medication
Environmental modification
Cognitive (thinking) strategies
Authors
Jacqui Wheatcroft and Donna Malley.


Managing fatigue after brain injury won the Patient Information Resource of the Year Award in the 2009 BMA Medical Book Awards.