Although some of the relationship changes after TBI are difficult and can be painful, there are many things that couples can do in order to enjoy each other and their relationship in new, positive, and meaningful ways.
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Dr. Jeffrey S. Kreutzer discusses Don’t Let this Horrible Accident Destroy Your Marriage.
Some people have asked about how do you save a marriage, how do you preserve a marriage, ...
What is the study about?
The study examined self-reported medication use and headache treatment in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Headaches are one of the most common and understudied symptoms experienced after mild TBI. Researchers hope to learn the best way to treat headaches for people with TBI.
What did the ...
What is the study about?
Researchers were interested in assessing how physicians around the country approach the evaluation and treatment of headaches that occur after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The complexity of TBI often results in patients receiving treatment from multiple providers and in multiple clinical settings. It is important to ...
The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center presents an audio factsheet on Headaches After TBI. The factsheet was developed by Kathleen R. Bell, MD, Jeanne Hoffman, PhD, and Thomas Watanabe, MD, in collaboration with the University of Washington Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center. The information in this factsheet is not meant ...
Headache is one of the most common symptoms after traumatic brain injury (often called “post-traumatic headache”). Over 30% of people with moderate to severe TBI report having headaches which continue long after injury. An even larger percentage people with mild TBI complain of headache.
Why are headaches a problem after brain ...
What is the study about?
The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics and concerns of caregivers of adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) over the first few months after discharge of the TBI survivor into the community.
What did the study find?
This study found that caregivers of TBI survivors ...
What is the study about?
This study aims to compare traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes from 2 cohorts: the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) in the United States and Longitudinal Head Injury Outcome Study conducted in Victoria, Australia, by the Monash ...
What is the study about?
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Couples Intervention (TCI) on caregiver needs and burden after brain injury. TCI is an individually-administered couples intervention (a therapist works with one partner at a time) that focuses on improvement in adjustment and communication. Traumatic brain ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Hugh Rawlins, TBI Survivor, discusses His Divot.
This is my, what I call my divot. And it’s called my badge. What this is is they take out a piece of ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Dr. Jeffrey S. Kreutzer discusses Ambiguous Loss.
Ambiguous loss is a topic that I have thought a lot about for several years. And it was actually one of my students ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Hugh Rawlins, TBI Survivor, discusses Insight Into His Cognitive and Physical Changes.
I realized the difference in the relationship with Rosemary was really when I started understanding how screwed up ...
Many people with traumatic brain injury have headaches for some time after their injury. This comic talks about headache symptoms that often occur after a traumatic brain injury.
Headaches can get in the way of everyday activities. The infocomic includes information about four different types of headaches that people experience after ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Hugh Rawlins, TBI Survivor, discusses Thoughts on Going to a Relationship Counselor.
I never had been to a counselor before and going to Dr. Kreutzer I didn’t have a problem ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Dr. Emilie E. Godwin discusses Impact of Coupled Relationship on Recovery.
Why should we care about relationships and the impact after brain injury? I think that we should care for ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Rosemary Rawlins, caregiver, discusses What Couples Counseling is Like from the Couples Perspective.
Seeing Dr. Kreutzer about our relationship challenges was a little bit unsettling at first, because I think ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Dr. Emilie E. Godwin discusses What Couples Counseling is Like from the Therapist's Perspective.
Well, typically it depends on exactly what the couple is coming into counseling for. But the ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Rosemary Rawlins, caregiver, discusses Intimacy after TBI.
Well, I think intimacy after TBI is different. The way you do things. We've been married 24 years old and people get into ...