Early neuropsychological treatment reduces after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury

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Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that patients suffering traumatic brain injury (TBI) and ictus must receive neuropsychological treatment at hospital without delay. Early intervention within the first six months reduces further injury in the cognitive (attention, memory, planning, etc), emotional (irritability, lack of motivation, etc) and behavioural areas (impulsiveness, aggressivity, etc.)

Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that neuropsychological rehabilitation helps in significantly reducing cognitive, emotional and behavioural after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury, generaly due to traumatic brain injury and ictus. These patients should not wait to be treated later by the social services, since early intervention (within six months after the traumatism) reduces further after-effects.

Despite the prevention campaigns launched for reducing traffic accidents and improving heart-friendly habits, traumatic brain injury and ictus are very frequent and increasingly affect younger people. Both pathologies cause changes in behaviour, mainly in the cognitive (attention, memory, planning, etc), emotional (irritability, lack of motivation, etc) and behavioural areas (impulsiveness, aggressivity, etc.). Most patients suffer permanent after-effects that hinder full recovery. This limits their independence to carry out work, academic and social activities in their daily living.

Early Intervention

This study was carried out by Alfonso Caracuel Romero, of the Department of Personality and Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, and conducted by professors Miguel Pérez García y Antonio Verdejo García. This research proved that the longer the treatment is delayed, the more serious emotional alterations –directly caused by the traumatism or as a result of the changes in the patient’s life– will be.

To carry out this study, researchers took an initial sample of 7 patients with acquired brain injury and their families, and were compared with a control group of patients that did not receive any neuropsychological treatment. Then, 18 patients and their families were treated with a neuropsychological treatment. As a result of the intervention, patients improved their general cognitive performance (attention, memory, etc) and their emotional state (lower depression levels), activity level (reduction of apathy) and their ability to regulate their social behaviour. However, within this group, those receiving early neuropsychological assistance improved more significantly their emotional and cognitive abilities in the long term than the patients that received neuropsychological treatment when more than six months have passed since the traumatism.

Alfonso Caracuel Romero states that, so far, no data have been available within the context of the Spanish social and health assistance system that proved the efficiency of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation programs. “With this study, the relevance of treating cognitive, emotional and behavioural skills simultaneously in patients with acquired brain injury has been proved” –the researcher states.

The results obtained in this study will be partially published in national (Rehabilitación) and international journals (Clinical Neuropsychology), and will be shortly published in The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Contact: Alfonso Caracuel Romero. Department of Personality and Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, University of Granada. Cell phone: +34 655 985 821. E-mail Address: acaracuel@ugr.es

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Granada Hoy

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Deportes – Pág. 3: Granada cae en la final ante Almería que se toma la revancha

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Neuropsychological treatment reduces after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury

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Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that neuropsychological rehabilitation helps in significantly reducing cognitive, emotional and behavioural after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury, generaly due to traumatic brain injury and ictus. These patients should not wait to be treated later by the social services, since early intervention (within six months after the traumatism) reduces further after-effects.

Despite the prevention campaigns launched for reducing traffic accidents and improving heart-friendly habits, traumatic brain injury and ictus are very frequent and increasingly affect younger people. Both pathologies cause changes in behaviour, mainly in the cognitive (attention, memory, planning, etc), emotional (irritability, lack of motivation, etc) and behavioural areas (impulsiveness, aggressivity, etc.). Most patients suffer permanent after-effects that hinder full recovery. This limits their independence to carry out work, academic and social activities in their daily living.

Early Intervention

This study was carried out by Alfonso Caracuel Romero, of the Department of Personality and Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, and conducted by professors Miguel Pérez García y Antonio Verdejo García. This research proved that the longer the treatment is delayed, the more serious emotional alterations -directly caused by the traumatism or as a result of the changes in the patient’s life- will be.

To carry out this study, researchers took an initial sample of 7 patients with acquired brain injury and their families, and were compared with a control group of patients that did not receive any neuropsychological treatment. Then, 18 patients and their families were treated with a neuropsychological treatment. As a result of the intervention, patients improved their general cognitive performance (attention, memory, etc) and their emotional state (lower depression levels), activity level (reduction of apathy) and their ability to regulate their social behaviour. However, within this group, those receiving early neuropsychological assistance improved more significantly their emotional and cognitive abilities in the long term than the patients that received neuropsychological treatment when more than six months have passed since the traumatism.

Alfonso Caracuel Romero states that, so far, no data have been available within the context of the Spanish social and health assistance system that proved the efficiency of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation programs. «With this study, the relevance of treating cognitive, emotional and behavioural skills simultaneously in patients with acquired brain injury has been proved» -the researcher states.

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Early neuropsychological treatment reduces after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury

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Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that neuropsychological rehabilitation helps in significantly reducing cognitive, emotional and behavioral after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury, generally due to traumatic brain injury and ictus. These patients should not wait to be treated later by the social services, since early intervention (within six months after the trauma) reduces further after-effects.

Despite the prevention campaigns launched for reducing traffic accidents and improving heart-friendly habits, traumatic brain injury and ictus are very frequent and increasingly affect younger people. Both pathologies cause changes in behavior, mainly in the cognitive (attention, memory, planning, etc), emotional (irritability, lack of motivation, etc) and behavioral areas (impulsiveness, aggressiveness, etc.). Most patients suffer permanent after-effects that hinder full recovery. This limits their independence to carry out work, academic and social activities in their daily living.

Early Intervention

This study was carried out by Alfonso Caracuel Romero, of the Department of Personality and Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, and conducted by professors Miguel Pérez García y Antonio Verdejo García. This research proved that the longer the treatment is delayed, the more serious emotional alterations –directly caused by the traumatism or as a result of the changes in the patient’s life– will be.

To carry out this study, researchers took an initial sample of 7 patients with acquired brain injury and their families, and were compared with a control group of patients that did not receive any neuropsychological treatment. Then, 18 patients and their families were treated with a neuropsychological treatment. As a result of the intervention, patients improved their general cognitive performance (attention, memory, etc) and their emotional state (lower depression levels), activity level (reduction of apathy) and their ability to regulate their social behavior. However, within this group, those receiving early neuropsychological assistance improved more significantly their emotional and cognitive abilities in the long term than the patients that received neuropsychological treatment when more than six months have passed since the trauma.

Alfonso Caracuel Romero states that, so far, no data have been available within the context of the Spanish social and health assistance system that proved the efficiency of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation programs. “With this study, the relevance of treating cognitive, emotional and behavioural skills simultaneously in patients with acquired brain injury has been proved” –the researcher states.

The results obtained in this study will be partially published in national (Rehabilitación) and international journals (Clinical Neuropsychology), and will be shortly published in The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Contact: Alfonso Caracuel Romero. Department of Personality and Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, University of Granada. Cell phone: +34 655 985 821. E-mail Address: acaracuel@ugr.es

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Neuropsychological treatment reduces after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury

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Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that neuropsychological rehabilitation helps in significantly reducing cognitive, emotional and behavioural after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury, generaly due to traumatic brain injury and ictus. These patients should not wait to be treated later by the social services, since early intervention (within six months after the traumatism) reduces further after-effects. Despite the prevention campaigns launched for reducing traffic accidents and improving heart-friendly habits, traumatic brain injury and ictus are very frequent and increasingly affect younger people. Both pathologies cause changes in behaviour, mainly in the cognitive (attention, memory, planning, etc), emotional (irritability, lack of motivation, etc) and behavioural areas (impulsiveness, aggressivity, etc.). Most patients suffer permanent after-effects that hinder full recovery. This limits their independence to carry out work, academic and social activities in their daily living.

Early Intervention

This study was carried out by Alfonso Caracuel Romero, of the Department of Personality and Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, and conducted by professors Miguel Pérez García y Antonio Verdejo García. This research proved that the longer the treatment is delayed, the more serious emotional alterations –directly caused by the traumatism or as a result of the changes in the patient’s life– will be.

To carry out this study, researchers took an initial sample of 7 patients with acquired brain injury and their families, and were compared with a control group of patients that did not receive any neuropsychological treatment. Then, 18 patients and their families were treated with a neuropsychological treatment. As a result of the intervention, patients improved their general cognitive performance (attention, memory, etc) and their emotional state (lower depression levels), activity level (reduction of apathy) and their ability to regulate their social behaviour. However, within this group, those receiving early neuropsychological assistance improved more significantly their emotional and cognitive abilities in the long term than the patients that received neuropsychological treatment when more than six months have passed since the traumatism.

Alfonso Caracuel Romero states that, so far, no data have been available within the context of the Spanish social and health assistance system that proved the efficiency of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation programs. «With this study, the relevance of treating cognitive, emotional and behavioural skills simultaneously in patients with acquired brain injury has been proved» –the researcher states.

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Neuropsychological treatment reduces after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury

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Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that neuropsychological rehabilitation helps in significantly reducing cognitive, emotional and behavioural after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury, generaly due to traumatic brain injury and ictus. These patients should not wait to be treated later by the social services, since early intervention (within six months after the traumatism) reduces further after-effects.

Despite the prevention campaigns launched for reducing traffic accidents and improving heart-friendly habits, traumatic brain injury and ictus are very frequent and increasingly affect younger people. Both pathologies cause changes in behaviour, mainly in the cognitive (attention, memory, planning, etc), emotional (irritability, lack of motivation, etc) and behavioural areas (impulsiveness, aggressivity, etc.). Most patients suffer permanent after-effects that hinder full recovery. This limits their independence to carry out work, academic and social activities in their daily living.

Early Intervention

This study was carried out by Alfonso Caracuel Romero, of the Department of Personality and Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, and conducted by professors Miguel Pérez García y Antonio Verdejo García. This research proved that the longer the treatment is delayed, the more serious emotional alterations –directly caused by the traumatism or as a result of the changes in the patient’s life– will be.

To carry out this study, researchers took an initial sample of 7 patients with acquired brain injury and their families, and were compared with a control group of patients that did not receive any neuropsychological treatment. Then, 18 patients and their families were treated with a neuropsychological treatment. As a result of the intervention, patients improved their general cognitive performance (attention, memory, etc) and their emotional state (lower depression levels), activity level (reduction of apathy) and their ability to regulate their social behaviour. However, within this group, those receiving early neuropsychological assistance improved more significantly their emotional and cognitive abilities in the long term than the patients that received neuropsychological treatment when more than six months have passed since the traumatism.

Alfonso Caracuel Romero states that, so far, no data have been available within the context of the Spanish social and health assistance system that proved the efficiency of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation programs. «With this study, the relevance of treating cognitive, emotional and behavioural skills simultaneously in patients with acquired brain injury has been proved» –the researcher states.

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Neuropsychological Treatment Reduces After-Effects In Patients With Acquired Brain Injury

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Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that neuropsychological rehabilitation helps in significantly reducing cognitive, emotional and behavioural after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury, generaly due to traumatic brain injury and ictus. These patients should not wait to be treated later by the social services, since early intervention (within six months after the traumatism) reduces further after-effects.

Despite the prevention campaigns launched for reducing traffic accidents and improving heart-friendly habits, traumatic brain injury and ictus are very frequent and increasingly affect younger people. Both pathologies cause changes in behaviour, mainly in the cognitive (attention, memory, planning, etc), emotional (irritability, lack of motivation, etc) and behavioural areas (impulsiveness, aggressivity, etc.). Most patients suffer permanent after-effects that hinder full recovery. This limits their independence to carry out work, academic and social activities in their daily living.

Early Intervention

This study was carried out by Alfonso Caracuel Romero, of the Department of Personality and Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, and conducted by professors Miguel Pérez García y Antonio Verdejo García. This research proved that the longer the treatment is delayed, the more serious emotional alterations –directly caused by the traumatism or as a result of the changes in the patient’s life– will be.

To carry out this study, researchers took an initial sample of 7 patients with acquired brain injury and their families, and were compared with a control group of patients that did not receive any neuropsychological treatment. Then, 18 patients and their families were treated with a neuropsychological treatment. As a result of the intervention, patients improved their general cognitive performance (attention, memory, etc) and their emotional state (lower depression levels), activity level (reduction of apathy) and their ability to regulate their social behaviour. However, within this group, those receiving early neuropsychological assistance improved more significantly their emotional and cognitive abilities in the long term than the patients that received neuropsychological treatment when more than six months have passed since the traumatism.

Alfonso Caracuel Romero states that, so far, no data have been available within the context of the Spanish social and health assistance system that proved the efficiency of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation programs. «With this study, the relevance of treating cognitive, emotional and behavioural skills simultaneously in patients with acquired brain injury has been proved» –the researcher states.

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Las hienas prehistóricas pesaban más de 100 kilos y eran solo carroñeras

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Estudio realizado en el yacimiento arqueológico de Venta Micena en Orce (Granada) y publicado en ‘Quaternary International’

La hiena gigante extinta Pachycrocuta brevirostris, cuyo tamaño duplicaba al de las hienas manchadas actuales, tenía los dientes más fuertes y, a diferencia de éstas, estaba especializada en el carroñeo, según un estudio realizado en el yacimiento arqueológico de Venta Micena en Orce (Granada) y publicado en la prestigiosa revista Quaternary International.

Este animal, que vivió hace aproximadamente 1,5 millones de años, pesaba unos 110 kilos y tenían una capacidad de fracturación mucho más elevada que la que realizan las hienas actuales.

El estudio ha sido liderado por los profesores Paul Palmqvist (catedrático del Departamento de Ecología y Geología de la Universidad de Málaga) y Bienvenido Martínez Navarro (investigador del Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana y Evolució Social, Tarragona). Ha contado con la colaboración de tres investigadores de la Universidad de Granada: Juan Manuel Jiménez Arenas (investigador del Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología y del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos) y María Patrocinio Espigares y Sergio Ros Montoya (recientes doctores por el Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología).

Los análisis de los procesos de fosilización (tafonómicos) muestran que las hienas carroñeaban los cadáveres de las presas abatidas por los depredadores dominantes en estos ecosistemas de inicios del Cuaternario (tigres dientes de sable y licaones), transportando selectivamente los restos de estos herbívoros a sus cubiles de cría y fracturando allí los huesos de las extremidades para acceder a la médula ósea de su interior.

Estos carnívoros debieron representar un serio competidor para las primeras poblaciones humanas que se asientan en el subcontinente europeo.

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Melilla Hoy

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Pág. 14: El 22 de marzo, Día Mundial del Agua, nos recuerda que 3.300 millones de personas no tienen acceso directo a ella

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El Faro de Melilla

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Pág. 17: Los universitarios, comprometidos con el ahorro en el consumo del agua

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Una conferencia sobre las visiones gráficas del monumento nazarí inaugura el ciclo de conferencias Espacio Alhambra

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Mañana jueves 17 de marzo, a las 16.30 horas en el Salón de Actos de la Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, a cargo de Antonio Gámiz Gordo, profesor titular en la ETS de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Sevilla.

Mañana jueves 17 de marzo, a las 16.30 horas en el Salón de Actos de la Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de la Universidad de Granada (Edificio Politécnico) tendrá lugar la primera de las conferencias organizadas dentro del proyecto de innovación docente Espacio Alhambra.

Antonio Gámiz Gordo, doctor arquitecto, profesor titular en la ETS de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Sevilla y miembro del Laboratorio de Arqueología y Arquitectura de la Ciudad (LAAC), impartirá la conferencia «Visiones gráficas de la Alhambra. La evolución de la Plaza de los Aljibes», con la que se pretende profundizar en el conocimiento de este excepcional conjunto monumental, planteando nuevos enfoques y nuevas ideas.

Visiones gráficas de la Alhambra

La Alhambra no es sólo un conjunto de palacios maravillosos. Es también una ciudadela. En su configuración, a lo largo de su historia, han jugado un papel crucial la topografía, murallas, agua y vegetación.

Sin embargo, sus espacios urbanos se perciben hoy como una azarosa superposición de fragmentos de distintas épocas, a veces inconexos y no siempre bien comprendidos.

Por ello se ha elegido el entorno de la plaza de los Aljibes como motivo concreto de reflexión para esta conferencia.

Considerando que el dibujo es el lenguaje por excelencia de la arquitectura y del arquitecto, se expondrán múltiples visiones gráficas de dicho lugar de la Alhambra que tratarán de aproximarnos a la evolución de su paisaje y que además pretenden invitar a los estudiantes a seguir dibujando, pensando en su pasado, presente y futuro.

El proyecto de innovación docente Espacio Alhambra, puesto en marcha desde la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada, plantea un plan de trabajo acorde con sus exigencias (experimentación, trabajo colaborativo, actividades de carácter multidisciplinar, incorporación de las nuevas tecnologías y herramientas web de apoyo a la docencia, etc.), y con la vocación de su posible implantación como modelo enseñanza-aprendizaje efectivo en el Grado de Arquitectura.

Esta actividad cuenta con la colaboración del Centro de Enseñanzas Virtuales de la UGR (CEVUG).

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Conferencia sobre Griegos en Galilea

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A cargo del sacerdote y escritor Jesús Sánchez Adalid, sobre su último libro: “Los milagros del vino”, tendrá lugar en el Salón de Actos de la E.T.S. de Ingeniería de Caminos Canales y Puertos (Edificio Politécnico, Campus de Fuentenueva).

Griegos en Galilea” es el título de la conferencia que dictará el sacerdote y escritor Jesús Sánchez Adalid, sobre su último libro: “Los milagros del vino”, en el Salón de Actos de la E.T.S. de Ingeniería de Caminos Canales y Puertos (Edificio Politécnico, Campus de Fuentenueva), organizado por el Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria y Cooperación al Desarrollo de la UGR. El acto será presentado y moderado por el profesor Rafael Delgado Calvo-Flores.

El Seminario de Estudios “J. H. Newman” de la Universidad de Granada, que comenzó su andadura el pasado 13 de mayo de 2010, toma su nombre del cardenal inglés John Henry Newman (1801-1890), anglicano primero, y converso al catolicismo en 1845, cuando contaba 44 años de edad. En 1879, el Papa León XIII le creó cardenal de la Iglesia Católica. Durante toda su vida, el cardenal Newman fue un buscador incansable y apasionado de la verdad, lo que le llevó a la Iglesia de Roma. El pasado 19 de septiembre de 2010, el Papa Benedicto XVI presidió la ceremonia de beatificación de John Henry Newman en Cofton Park, cerca de Birmingham, en el transcurso de su visita al Reino Unido.

Jesús Sánchez Adalid (Don Benito, Badajoz; julio de 1962); sacerdote católico y escritor de novelas históricas.

Licenciado en derecho por la Universidad de Extremadura, ejerció de juez durante dos años, profesión que abandonó para convertirse en el párroco del pueblo extremeño de Alange.

Se doctoró en derecho en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, llegando después a estudiar filosofía, teología y una licenciatura en derecho canónico por la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca.

Colabora habitualmente en revistas como National Geographic, Ciencia y Vida, así como en Radio Nacional de España.

Algunas de sus novelas comienzan en los lugares de su tierra natal; Jerez de los Caballeros, Zafra, Trujillo o Emerita Augusta, donde suele recrear parajes históricos escribiendo sobre costumbres, oficios y penurias de las gentes.

Ha publicado, entre otras obras: “El alma de la ciudad”, “En compañía del sol”, “El mozárabe”, “La tierra sin mal”, “Los milagros del vino”.

Actividad
Conferencia: “Griegos en Galilea”
A cargo de: Jesús Sánchez Adalid
Presenta y modera: Rafael Delgado Calvo-Flores
Día: Jueves, 17 de marzo de 2011
Hora: 19 horas
Lugar: Salón de Actos de la E.T.S. de Ingeniería de Caminos Canales y Puertos (Edificio Politécnico, Campus de Fuentenueva)
Organiza: Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria y Cooperación al Desarrollo de la UGR.

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