ABSTRACT
Traumatic head injury is the most common form of acquired brain injury in the young adult. In the first few months after injury almost all patients will have returned home-even those who had suffered a severe head injury. Beyond this time, the incidence of severe disablement that prevents return to the community without the need for supervision is low. The small numbers of cases who are unable to return home within a few months are necessarily demanding of specialist resources. In others who return home quickly after a severe head injury, their disablement is less obvious to clinicians, relatives, and to themselves but nevertheless long-term disadvantage results (McMillan & Greenwood, 1993).
