The coping process after traumatic brain injury.

Abstract

Based on the concept that health means ability to experience satisfaction of life, a paradigm for rehabilitation medicine is proposed: The primary task of rehabilitation after brain injury is to restore function and to turn residual disability to ability as much as possible. For this purpose we want to emphasize the necessity to identify the functions and dysfunctions which determine the coping process. Such analysis enables the team members to provide adequate support for the patients' reorientation towards new vital goals.