What is the study about?
This study tested if severity of head and extracranial injuries (ECI) after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is related to suicidal ideation (SI) or suicide attempt (SA). The study also looked at what people with TBI with reported SI or SA have in common.
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What is the study about?
This study reported on whether a specific, genetically variable neurotransmission pathway in the brain could provide information about prognosis for recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI). In particular, the researchers developed hypotheses about gene variants within this pathway and their potential relationship to problems thinking after ...
What is the study about?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may impact one’s self-awareness of emotional and behavioral functioning. This study looked at how changes in self-awareness and depression affect what people with TBI report about their memory, health-related qualityof-life (QoL), and satisfaction with life.
What did the study find?
The investigators reported their ...
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This study investigated how resilience at 3 or 6 months following traumatic brain injury predicted quality of life outcomes of patients at 1 and 2 years after injury.
What did the study find?
The authors found that higher resilience scores predicted greater satisfaction with life, lower anxiety and ...
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The most common complication after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is post-traumatic depression (PTD). This study looked at whether inflammation profiles from the acute phase of TBI can predict risk for PTD 6 and 12 months after the injury. People with TBI may have better outcomes ...
Parental involvement is critical when a young person is returning to school after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Parents have the most knowledge about their child and are deeply invested in their daughter's or son's well-being and future. Often parents become advocates to ensure that all essential supports are in ...
Objective
Our team developed an attention control condition, called the Brain Health Group (BHG), for a randomized controlled trial (RCT; NCT03594734). The focus of the BHG was on brain health education and self-management. The objectives of this supplementary analysis are to (1) Describe compliance with the 12-month BHG; (2) Examine efficacy ...
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This study examines the probability of returning to productivty, defined as engagement in school or work, over time up to 5 years following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
What did the study find?
This study found several factors associated with the likelihood of returning to work following a ...
Introduction
Alcohol and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are closely related. Up to 50% of adults with TBI were drinking more alcohol than is recommended before they were injured. People who were over age 60 when they had their TBI were less likely to drink too much before their injury, but those ...
What is the study about?
Resilience is thought to be an important factor in the recovery from traumatic events. It is defined as positive adaptation following trauma or the ability to “bounce back” following such events. This study aims to evaluate aspects of resilience including when people may demonstrate it, factors ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Chuck Bombardier discusses Why Is It Important to Treat Depression in People with TBI?
One of the reasons I think it’s so important to recognize and treat depression is ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Robert Fraser discusses How Does Vocational Rehab Help with Depression?
I would say we often have people with a mild to moderate degree of depression in our program. But ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Robert Fraser discusses What Is Vocational Rehabilitation?
Vocational rehabilitation is an effort and a system to integrate people with disabilities into the workforce or back into the workforce following ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Jesse Fann discusses Antidepressant Medications.
A lot of people have negative images of antidepressants. There’s a lot of negative media out there about antidepressants. A lot of it is ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Chuck Bombardier discusses Why It's Important to Make Adjustments to CBT.
If a person with brain injury went to a cognitive behavior therapist who wasn’t really familiar with TBI, ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Jesse Fann discusses What Are the Best Treatments for Depression with TBI?
So, more research is needed to really understand the optimal way of approaching depression after a brain ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Peter C. Esselman discusses Team Approach to Treating TBI and Depression.
Treatment of traumatic brain injury is a team approach that takes a number of health professionals, from a ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Samantha Artherholt discusses Why It's Critical to Treat Depression in People with TBI.
I think there’s so much that goes into that in terms of depression after brain injury. ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on TBI and Depression. Dr. Chuck Bombardier discusses Stigma of Depression as a Barrier to Treatment.
I think the greatest barrier to getting treatment, from what I’ve seen on the – from the person’s ...