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Strategies of memory therapy

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Clinical Management of Memory Problems

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The previous chapter discussed methods of improving memory and provided a conceptual framework for their categorization. The present chapter examines these and other memory strategies in more detail, with particular reference to the rehabilitation of brain-injured people. It is emphasized that although a given memory strategy may be beneficial to one individual it may be of no value to another and indeed in some cases may actually prove to be detrimental. Varying responses to treatment will be largely dependent upon the nature and extent of a person’s brain damage. As the process of selecting the most appropriate memory training strategies for a given individual will be described in the next chapter it will not be discussed further here.

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Moffat, N. (1992). Strategies of memory therapy. In: Wilson, B., Moffat, N. (eds) Clinical Management of Memory Problems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4523-5_4

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