Preface
I.The Before Life
Chapter 1. But We Will
Chapter 2. We Are Sick
Chapter 3. We Are Dying
II. The After Life
Grief and Loss
Chapter 4. The Altered Life
Chapter 5. The Neurology of Grief
Chapter 6. Dreams and Dream Interpretation
Chapter 7. The Science of the Wounded Mind
Chapter 8. The Science of the Wounded Brain
Healing and Restoration
Chapter 9. Developing Confidence in Managing Grief and Loss
Chapter 10. Journaling as a Tool of Emotional Healing
Chapter 11. Nontraditional and Traditional Therapies: Meditation to
Medication
Chapter 12. Emotional Restoration: A Gateway to New Directions
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
An expert neurologist explores how the mind, brain, and body respond and heal after her personal experience with profound loss.
Lisa M. Shulman, MD, is a professor of neurology at the University of Maryland. She is the author or editor of numerous books on neurologic disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families, 3rd edition.
This poetic and insightful, if heartbreaking, memoir from
neurologist Lisa M. Shulman stems from her own bereavement of her
late husband . . . Combined with the latest scientific studies in
traumatic brain injury and holistic approaches to healing, Shulman
has created a unique book that touches on all aspects of the
process of grieving—the psychological, physiological, and overlap
between neurology and psychiatry. Ultimately, Shulman points out
that whether brain injury is caused by physical or emotional
trauma, it results in similar long-term effects—and also that
post-traumatic stress can become post-traumatic growth, with the
right tools. In short, it could prove to be an invaluable aid to
counselors, psychotherapists, and medical doctors, as well as
anyone moving through grief toward wholeness.
—Lauren LaRocca, Baltimore Magazine
An interesting thought-provoking book, which describes the trauma
experienced by the author of losing her husband to cancer and then
provides psychological techniques to move forward from sorrow to
healing and growth.
—Nursing Times
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