ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book attempts to meet the criteria, the general approach to cognitive rehabilitation remains fragmented and there remains some confusion over exactly what cognitive rehabilitation. It demonstrates no gains to everyday life from computer-training procedures and suggests a focus on domain-specific problems, utilizing a skills-building paradigm. The book argues that generalization should never be left to chance, but should be planned for and evaluated. It indicates a move towards the use of ecological memory tasks and aims to help patients develop insight into their problems with acceptance of the deficits and increase their awareness of intact skills. It presents a substrate of cognition, namely, the functions carried out by frontal lobes. The book states the authors' views unequivocally by asserting that behavioural methodology is the only way in which the validity of any given technique of cognitive remediation can be validated.
