Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1648-1659 , September 2008

Social Skills Treatment for People With Severe, Chronic Acquired Brain Injuries: A Multicenter Trial

Presented in part to the International Neuropsychological Society, February 2007, Portland, OR, and the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment, 2006, Sydney, Australia.

  • Skye McDonald, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Skye McDonald, PhD, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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  • Robyn Tate, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • Leanne Togher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Cristina Bornhofen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Esther Long, MPsychol (Clin)

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Paul Gertler, MPsychol (Clin)

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Rebecca Bowen, MPsychol (Clin)

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool Brain Injury Unit, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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 Supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (project grant no. 222754).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated. McDonald is an author of The Awareness of Social Inference Test, which is used as an outcome measure in this study, and receives royalties for its sale.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.02.029

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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