Booklets and fact sheets
This section contains all of the Brain and Spine Foundation's booklets and fact sheets.
All of our patient information publications are available for free, and you can choose to:
If you wish to order multiple printed copies you might want to read about our pricing policy.
All of our patient information publications are available for free, and you can choose to:
- Download them as pdf files - best if you want to print the information
- Read them on the website
- Order a free printed copy
- Listen to some of our fact sheets in mp3 format
If you wish to order multiple printed copies you might want to read about our pricing policy.
Fact sheets
General, concise introductions to each subject.
- NEW Angiogram
- NEW Brain and spine scans (information on CT scans and MRI scans)
- CJD: A guide for GPs
- NEW Coiling of brain aneurysms
- NEW Craniotomy
- NEW Epilepsy
- NEW Hydrocephalus and shunts
- NEW Migraine
- NEW Spinal strokes
- NEW Stroke
- NEW TIA (Transient ischaemic attack)
- NEW Vestibular Rehabilitation Exercises
Booklets
In-depth, detailed publications.
- Back and neck pain
- NEW Brain tumour
- CJD: A guide for patients
- NEW Dizziness and balance problems
- Face Pain
- Headache
- Head injury and concussion
- Meningitis and Encephalitis
- Motor neurone disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neurophysiology
- Paralysis - the loss of muscle power
- Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism
- Speech, language and communication difficulties
- Spinal tumours
- NEW Subarachnoid haemorrhage
- NEW Transverse myelitis
- Vascular malformations of the brain
Other resources
- Headstrong: All about brain tumours (publication and interactive website)
NB Headstrong is classed as a booklet for pricing purposes.
- Educational implications of acquired brain injury (handbook for educational psychologists)
This handbook, which accompanise a training course, can be ordered for £25.
Information sheets
These are guides written by our Helpline staff.
- A guide to health information on the Web
- Clinical trials
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Memory problems
- Meningioma
- Neuropathic pain
- Subdural haematoma
- Who's who in neurology
Can't find the information you want?
If you are looking for information on a neurological topic that isn't listed above, try our A to Z index of neurological topics or Helpline section. where you can ask our Helpline nurses a question about any brain or spine condition.
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