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Studies in Psychology
Estudios de Psicología
Volume 44, 2023 - Issue 1
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Research Article

Neuropsychological rehabilitation in acquired brain injury: a question of identity? (Rehabilitación neuropsicológica en el daño cerebral adquirido: ¿una cuestión de identidad?)

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Pages 112-134 | Received 04 Feb 2022, Accepted 07 Nov 2022, Published online: 06 Feb 2023
 

ABSTRACT

Acquired brain injury (ABI) can affect personal identity. This means that neuropsychological rehabilitation programmes for people with ABI must cover cognitive, behavioural and emotional aspects, as well as identity issues. Interventions for the treatment of post-ABI identity issues are essentially categorized into two conceptual currents: individual interventions, based on the idea that ABI generates an experience of discontinuity between pre-injury identity and post-injury identity; and relational-social interventions, which approach the problem from an interpersonal perspective, foregrounding how interactions with third parties contribute to the construction, negative or positive, of post-ABI identity. Both types of interventions do not have to be mutually exclusive, and can be combined throughout the rehabilitation process. Although they differ in their procedures and techniques, their goal is the same: to help people live fulfilling lives that have meaning, purpose and value.

RESUMEN

El daño cerebral adquirido (DCA) puede amenazar la identidad personal. Esto comporta que los programas de rehabilitación neuropsicológica para personas con DCA deben incluir tanto aspectos cognitivos, conductuales y emocionales, como identitarios. Las intervenciones para el tratamiento de las dificultades identitarias post-DCA se enmarcan, esencialmente, en dos corrientes conceptuales: intervenciones individuales, fundamentados en la idea de que el DCA genera una experiencia de discontinuidad entre la identidad pre-lesional y la identidad post-lesional e intervenciones relacionales-sociales, que abordan el problema desde una perspectiva interpersonal, situando en primer plano cómo las interacciones con terceros contribuyen a la construcción, negativa o positiva, de la identidad post-DCA. Ambos tipos de intervenciones no tienen por qué ser mutuamente excluyentes, pudiéndose combinar a lo largo del proceso rehabilitador. Si bien difieren en sus procedimientos y técnicas, su objetivo es el mismo: ayudar a las personas a vivir una vida plena que tenga sentido, propósito y valor.

Disclosure statement / Conflicto de intereses

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. / Los autores no han referido ningún potencial conflicto de interés en relación con este artículo.

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