A Dented Image

Every year, 8,500 people in the UK will have a subarachnoid haemorrhage, of whom about 50 per cent will survive this traumatic brain injury which often occurs without warning. Survivors can make a ¿good¿ neurological recovery but the psychosocial impact can be longer lasting.

Drawing from her own experience of surviving a subarachnoid haemorrhage, together with other people''s journeys of recovery and recent research findings, Alison Wertheimer covers:

• themes of recovery
• leaving neurocare and early days of recovery
• looking for help
• physical, sensory and cognitive effects
• the emotional impact of subarachnoid haemorrhage
• the survivor¿s relationship with family and friends
• returning to work
• what helped the survivors with their recovery
• subarachnoid haemorrhage as a life-changing event.

A Dented Image will be of interest to a wide-ranging audience: survivors and their families and frien