TY - CHAP
T1 - Rehabilitation and management of executive function disorders
AU - Eslinger, Paul J.
AU - Flaherty-Craig, Claire V.
AU - Chakara, Freeman M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by Pennsylvania State University Tobacco Settlement Funds and the Governor George M. Leader Family Foundation.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Executive function disorders arise from damage to brain areas mediating complex aspects of human behavior, including self-regulation, social cognition, planning, and organization. These functions are especially necessary to everyday adaptation, independence, and productivity. Executive function disorders have multiple causes and are expressed through different patterns of cognitive, emotional, social, and behavioral impairment. Treatment approaches target specific symptoms, especially in attention, working memory, problem solving, social cognition, and self-control of behavior and emotions. Interventions draw upon behavioral training, compensatory processing techniques, self-awareness and metacognitive training, environmental aids, and medications along with family/caregiver education. The evidence base for identifying effective treatments is promising but remains limited with a need to broaden the focus on real world functional outcomes.
AB - Executive function disorders arise from damage to brain areas mediating complex aspects of human behavior, including self-regulation, social cognition, planning, and organization. These functions are especially necessary to everyday adaptation, independence, and productivity. Executive function disorders have multiple causes and are expressed through different patterns of cognitive, emotional, social, and behavioral impairment. Treatment approaches target specific symptoms, especially in attention, working memory, problem solving, social cognition, and self-control of behavior and emotions. Interventions draw upon behavioral training, compensatory processing techniques, self-awareness and metacognitive training, environmental aids, and medications along with family/caregiver education. The evidence base for identifying effective treatments is promising but remains limited with a need to broaden the focus on real world functional outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-52901-5.00031-9
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-52901-5.00031-9
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 23312656
AN - SCOPUS:84872340084
T3 - Handbook of Clinical Neurology
SP - 365
EP - 376
BT - Handbook of Clinical Neurology
PB - Elsevier B.V.
ER -