The "Whatever It Takes" Model for Brain Injury Recovery

James Malec, PhD
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Holistic rehab is like the "whatever it takes" model. Balance issues may need to be treated by a PT and depression by a psychologist, but those therapies overlap for the outcome of the whole person.

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Posted on BrainLine November 1, 2012.

Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Erica Queen, BrainLine, and Dan Edblom.