Healing the Broken Brain: Leading Experts Answer 100 Questions About Stroke Recovery

Mike Dow PhD is a bestselling author, psychotherapist and relationship expert, but what you probably don't know about him is that his younger brother, David, is a stroke survivor. What's more, David's stroke happened when he only 10 years old. This means most of Mike's teenage years were spent witnessing what his family was dealing with trying to find the best treatments for David. He struggled to know what to do to help his brother. He watched helplessly as his brother wrestled with depression, trying to find the motivation to recover on top of the challenges of adolescence. He mourned the loss of what could have been - and he was angry. How his family would have loved to sit down with top experts in stroke to find out what they should be doing and have their questions answered. Now Mike Dow has the ability to do just that, and he's doing it so that others in his family's position don't have the same struggle. Armed with questions from stroke survivors and their loved ones, Mike Dow talks with the best clinicians across the country to get over 100 answers you need to know to maximize your recovery.