Utilizing Art Therapy to Recognize Cognitive-Communication Disabilities in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

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Utilizing Art Therapy to Recognize Cognitive-Communication Disabilities in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

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dc.contributor.advisor Rule-Hoffman, Gail en_US
dc.contributor.author Rankin, Wendi Michele en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-07-07T16:15:03Z
dc.date.available 2008-07-07T16:15:03Z
dc.date.created 2008 en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-07-07T16:15:03Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=urs1211417561 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/4233
dc.description Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has been named the signature injury of the war in Iraq. Following injury, cognitive-communication disabilities may go unseen in TBI patients because of good verbal communication. Art therapy utilizes non-verbal communication and therefore may be helpful in recognizing these cognitive disabilities. This study uses a mixed method approach to show that verbal functional communication skills in TBI patients may be high even when cognitive-communication skills are low. Thirty TBI patients on a locked brain injury rehabilitation unit of a full service hospital were interviewed and asked to complete an art intervention. Verbal communication and non-verbal cognitive-communication in TBI patients were examined using a functional communication scale (FCS) and a cognitive-communication art therapy scale (CCATS). The results revealed that TBI patients scored high on the FCS even when they scored low on the CCATS. This study asserts that art therapy can be used to find cognitive-communication disabilities in TBI patients. en_US
dc.description.provenance Made available in DSpace on 2008-07-07T16:15:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 en
dc.format application/pdf en_US
dc.format 106p. en_US
dc.rights unrestricted en_US
dc.rights Copyright and permissions information available at the source archive en_US
dc.subject Art Therapy, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Cognitive Disablilities, Communication, Traumatic Brain Injury, Counseling en_US
dc.title Utilizing Art Therapy to Recognize Cognitive-Communication Disabilities in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury en_US
dc.type Electronic Thesis or Dissertation en_US
dc.degree.name MA en_US
dc.degree.level masters en_US
dc.degree.discipline Art Therapy and Counseling en_US
dc.degree.grantor urs en_US
dc.contributor.publisher urs / OhioLINK en_US

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