A practical, self-help guide for living well with cognitive difficulties

Problems with memory, attention, complex thinking skills, language, speed of thinking and visual perception are remarkably common, and are often experienced by those coping with neurological conditions. These range from acquired brain injuries like stroke and head injury through to deteriorating conditions like Alzheimer's disease. Specific cognitive difficulties are also a common feature of neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD, dyslexia and autism.

Similar issues are also often experienced in normal ageing, and as side-effects of other conditions, such as anxiety, depression, long COVID, chronic pain, fatigue and schizophrenia. Cognitive difficulties are not only prevalent; they can be extremely problematic.

By following the advice in this book, you will:
· Better understand your own cognitive difficulties.
· Learn simple strategies for managing them.
· Be equipped to lead a richer, more meaningful life.

Living Well self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical.

Series Editor: Professor Kate Harvey

Dr Joe Mole is principal clinical neuropsychologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and honorary research associate at the Institute of Neurology, University College London. His main areas of interest are helping people to understand and overcome cognitive difficulties, particularly those that affect a set of complex thinking skills referred to as 'executive functions'. He has received awards for his work from the International Neuropsychological Society and British Psychological Society.

Dr Nigel S. King is a consultant clinical neuropsychologist specialising in brain injury. He is the clinical lead of the Community Head Injury Service, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, UK and neuropsychological lead at the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training & Research, University of Oxford. He has published widely on brain injury and he regularly speaks on the subject at national and international conferences.