Cognitive rehabilitation of naming deficits following viral meningo-encephalitis
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
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60(1): 21-27, Mar. 2002. ilus, tab, graf
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RESUMO
OBJECTIVE:
This case study describes the neuropsychological assessment and cognitive rehabilitation of a patient who developed word retrieval deficits for objects and people's names, following an episode of viral meningo-encephalitits. It shows the implementation and outcome of two techniques adapted to the patient's individual characteristics and context providing a more ecologically valid approach.METHODS:
In the first technique, "verbal semantic association", the patient was required to describe what she knew about an object as a strategy to help her retrieve its name. In the second one, "face-name association" she was taught to apply a visual-imagery technique in order to retrieve relevant people's names.RESULTS:
Following the implementation of these procedures there was a decrease in the number of episodes of failure to retrieve objects and people's names in her everyday life context.CONCLUSION:
The improvement found in the patient's ability to retrieve words is discussed in terms of the utility of cognitive rehabilitation programmes and cognitive models of language processing.
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Asunto principal:
Trastornos del Conocimiento
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Terminología
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Meningoencefalitis
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
Asunto de la revista:
Neurología
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Psiquiatria
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido
Institución/País de afiliación:
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery/GB
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