ABSTRACT
Depression is a frequent complication following brain injury and with multiple biological, psychological and social factors involved in its onset and maintenance. Depression after a brain injury may in turn affect rehabilitation outcome, through its additional impact on cognition mood and motivation. However, despite recent advances in the psychological treatment of depression in the non brain-injured population, particularly using cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), there has been very little work on the value of such techniques
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DOI:10.1080/09602010244000318
in the brain injury population. This paper is directed at clinicians and clinical researchers working with brain injured individuals. It aims to summarise current knowledge about psychosocial factors implicated in the aetiology of depression, to show how depression may interact with cognitive functioning, and to consider the delivery of CBT in clinical practice in the context of neurorehabilitation.
