Journal article
Memory Remediation After Severe Closed Head Injury: Notebook Training Versus Supportive Therapy
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, Vol.63(3), pp.484-489
06/1995
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116954
PMID: 7608363
Abstract
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a 9-week memory notebook treatment for closed-head-injured (CHI) participants with documented memory deficits. Eight participants who had sustained a severe CHI more than 2 years earlier were allocated to receive either notebook training or supportive therapy. Memory outcome indicators, which differed in sensitivity to detect everyday memory failures (EMFs), were administered before treatment, immediately after treatment, and at a 6-month follow-up. At posttreatment, the notebook training group reported significantly fewer observed EMFs on a daily checklist measure than the supportive therapy group. Although in the same direction, this finding no longer reached significance at follow-up. No significant treatment effects were found for the laboratory-based memory measures at posttreatment or follow-up. Although the present results are to be considered preliminary because of the small sample size, they suggest that notebook training has the potential to help individuals compensate for everyday memory problems and that the methods used to measure training efficacy are important.
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- Title
- Memory Remediation After Severe Closed Head Injury
- Creators
- Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe - Department of Psychology, Washington State UniversityJohn F Fahy - Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles School of MedicineJames P Whelan - Department of Psychology, University of MemphisCharles J Long - Department of Psychology, University of Memphis
- Publication Details
- Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, Vol.63(3), pp.484-489
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Identifiers
- 99900547810901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article