title: Challenges and opportunities facing holistic approaches to neuropsychological rehabilitation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Holistic approaches to neuropsychological rehabilitation have progressively been recognized as an important form of rehabilitative care for persons who have a history of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  After providing historical and contemporary perspectives, identify challenges and opportunities facing the field of neuropsychological rehabilitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Selective literature review from neuropsychological rehabilitation, neurosciences, learning theory, cognitive neuropsychology, and psychotherapy that highlight challenges to the development of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten challenges and associated opportunities that face the field of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation are identified. Illustrations of these challenges and opportunities are provided.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Effectively addressing the challenges that face holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation will result in greater advances for this field of care for both children and adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 222 West Thomas Rd., Suite 315, Phoenix, AZ, USA. george.prigatano@dignityhealth.org
authors.forename: George P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Prigatano
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans