What is the study about?
The study explored the problem solving treatment (PST) for service members with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study tested the effectiveness of the treatment in reducing concussive symptoms. PST is a telephone-based treatment, also known as telehealth.
What did the study find?
Researchers propose that the telephone-based PST ...
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 ...
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 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 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. 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. 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, ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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?
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 a concussion?
A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a blow to the head which causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. This can happen due to a car or bike crash, a fall, an assault, or a sports injury. In ...
What is the study about?
Difficulty sleeping and problems with attention, memory, and understanding and processing new information, called cognitive function, are common occurrences after suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A patient suffering from these types of problems may experience significant loss of their ability to function. This study examined ...
What is the study about?
Differentiating genuine traumatic brain injury (TBI) from faked neurocognitive impairment is essential to correctly provide resources in legal and healthcare systems. This study assessed the strategies used by healthy adults who were coached to simulate traumatic brain injury (TBI) during neuropsychological evaluation.
What did the study find?
Participants ...
What is the study about?
Monoamine transporters are protein structures that help regulate the levels of neurotransmitters that send signals to the nerve structure. Dopamine and serotonin are examples of compounds that send signals throughout the body. They are important in regulating a variety of brain activities including memory, executive functioning ...
What is the study about?
Researchers asked if genetic differences in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors had an effect on their cognitive recovery. Researchers tested TBI survivors’ dopamine genotype and other factors related to cognitive performance. Specifically, the researchers asked if genetic variations near the dopamine type 2 receptor gene [within ...
What is the study about?
Researchers examined how education level is related to cognitive status in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Cognitive problems, such as slower processing speed, poor working memory, and memory loss are common after TBI. The study tested the cognitive reserve hypothesis, which proposes that greater lifetime ...