Cognitive rehabilitation of amnesia after virus encephalitis: a case report

Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2007 Aug-Oct;17(4-5):551-66. doi: 10.1080/09602010701202188.

Abstract

A number of memory rehabilitation techniques have targeted people with various degrees of memory impairments. However, few studies have shown the contribution of preserved non-declarative memory capacity and errorless learning in the treatment of amnesic patients. The current case report describes the memory rehabilitation of a 44-year-old man with amnesia following viral encephalitis. The patient's procedural memory capacity had an important role in the use of a motor imagery strategy to remember people's names. It was further demonstrated that the application of a verbal learning technique was helpful in recalling new verbal information. These different memory rehabilitation techniques are discussed in terms of alternative possibilities in the rehabilitation of amnesic patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amnesia / etiology*
  • Amnesia / pathology
  • Amnesia / rehabilitation*
  • Amnesia / virology
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / methods*
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / complications*
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / rehabilitation
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Neuropsychological Tests