A comprehensive introduction to evaluating and treating patients with traumatic brain injuries, this second edition of a bestseller features new information regarding the epidemiology and pathophysiology of brain injury as well as structural and functional imaging in the assessment of traumatic brain injury, including functional MRI, PET scanning, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. With expanded discussions of brain-injury malingering and family dynamics, this revised and updated text gives an overview of state-of-the-art techniques and discusses new pharmacological treatments, acquired psychopathy, and test instruments for assessing behavior.