Role and impact of cognitive rehabilitation

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Article reviews the many roles that cognitive rehabilitation plays in impacting the lives of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). These roles include: restoration of function, compensation for impaired abilities, increase awareness, improve mood and regulate emotions, return to work, community integration, and prevention of self-injurious and antisocial behavior. The overall goal of cognitive rehabilitation is to assist the individual to improve their day-to-day functioning to the greatest extent possible given his or her limitations.

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