Neurologist Kester J Nedd explores what happens when the brain is injured, how it recovers, and how a transformative evaluation and treatment method can help in his new health book, Concussion: Traumatic Brain Injury from Head to Tail, published by Archway Publishing).
Gillian Hotz, from the University of Miami, says Nedd is “able to manage the most complex neurological cases acute and chronic and get to the bottom of the issue in order to treat it. This book reflects his ideas from all the years of experience, his theories and how he sees the organization of the brain and the central nervous system following injury. In an understandable and readable manner, he discusses interesting cases of some of the thousands of patients he has treated over the years.”
Nedd describes brain injury as a silent epidemic, given the rate of one in every four individuals being affected by this condition in the United States. Explaining that the condition is often misdiagnosed or not recognised by medical professionals, he posits that it is a major cause of disruption in society.
The book addresses how brain injury resulting from military conflicts, sports, interpersonal violence, falls, and road traffic accidents can impact behavioural outcomes which can cause dementia, attention deficit, mental illness and antisocial behaviour. Utilising the stories of his patient experiences, Nedd explains how the brain works, is injured and recovers.
The author has 30 years of expertise, from holding leadership positions in neurological rehabilitation and brain injury at the University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital. In the book, the author emphasises the critical role that the human brain plays in shaping how people see themselves, how they see others and how people as humans function in the world.
Nedd makes a call for the world to recognise brain injury and its consequences. He says, “It’s time to pay attention.”
