Joseph Rath Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor / Staff Psychologist

Departments of Psychology Service and Rehabilitation Medicine

Individual Problem Solving Treatment for Adults with Acquired Brain Damage



Research Summary
Co-Investigator. Five-year, NIH/NICHD-funded, randomized clinical trial (#2R01-HD032943; Leonard Diller, PI). Goal is to extend seminal problem-solving group treatment methods developed on the Outpatient Neuropsychology Service, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, to address the needs of outpatients with more compromised cognitive skills. Because such individuals need individualized training and one-to-one practice and repetition, the intervention will be delivered in an individual treatment modality. Long-term objectives are to (a) contribute to the cumulative body of evidence regarding the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation and (b) disseminate an empirically validated treatment protocol with practical applications for enhancing the community integration of more impaired individuals with ABD due to a variety of etiologies.

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Group treatment of problem-solving deficits

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Social problem solving and community integration in adults with traumatic brain injury


Research Information
Research Interests
Traumatic brain injury, neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation.