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This article is about post-traumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF). The characteristics and correlates of PTBIF are described. The authors summarize the empirical and theoretical literature on PTBIF, including a variety of biologically based theories for a type of fatigue that is likely to be regulated by ...
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Understanding how to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) is difficult because there are so many possible outcomes. Even when patients have a similar injury, they may experience wide differences in behavior, cognition, and emotion. One way to predict individual TBI outcomes is to examine genes that ...
The way people experience or express emotions may change after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). While this can be distressing for family members and friends, many strategies can help manage these emotional concerns after TBI.
Objective: To investigate the relationship of 2 health-related quality-of-life (QOL) item banks (Emotional Suppression and Caregiver Vigilance), developed for caregivers of service members/veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), to caregivers' positive and negative affect.
Setting: Community.
Participants: One hundred sixty-five caregivers of service members/veterans with TBI.
Design: Retrospective database analysis.
Main measures: TBI-CareQOL Emotional ...
Psychological distress is common in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) but treatments remain underdeveloped. This randomized controlled trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) was designed to address this gap. Ninety-three persons with medically-documented complicated mild to severe TBI, normal-to-mildly impaired memory, and clinically significant psychological distress in the ...
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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 ...
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This project aims to develop a case definition and diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic confusional state (PTCS) following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study describes clinical findings that establish a diagnosis of PTCS. Second, the study presents criteria for describing recovery from severe states of altered consciousness, ...
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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 ...
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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.
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The authors found that higher resilience scores predicted greater satisfaction with life, lower anxiety and ...
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There is evidence that individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are at a higher risk for chronic health problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of both medical and psychiatric comorbidities that appeared before and up to 10 years following TBI requiring ...
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This study tested a mobile app as a way to measure depression and anxiety for people with TBI. This could allow new ways to measure mood with smartphones for people with TBI. The app was designed to repeatedly ask questions about emotional and physical health to ...
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This study examined: (1) resilience in a group of patients who were post-acute TBI and (2) the relationship between resilience and psychological health. Resilience has been found to correlate with psychological wellness and adaptive coping to a variety of physically and psychologically traumatic situations, including chronic ...
Sometimes, it can be hard for people with TBI to control their feelings. This comic talks about changes in mood or feelings that may happen after a traumatic brain injury.
Some people with TBI may have intense mood swings, anxiety, or depression. This difficulty can be caused by damage to the ...
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 podcast-brief from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.
Feeling sad is a normal response to the losses and changes a person faces after traumatic brain injury. But what happens when those feelings of sadness linger for weeks… or months… or years? What happens when feelings of despair or ...
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 Recovery Is a Full Time Job.
We were talking today, Brandon and I, about how really this has been his full-time job since the injury, is ...
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 Importance of a Support System.
It’s very important for patients to engage their support system in their care. For example, if they have a spouse or ...
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 Get Back to Doing Enjoyable Things to Combat Depression.
So with people with more severe TBI, they do have greater limitations. So what I like to ...
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 Importance of Recreational Therapy in Returning to Activity.
The link between a recreation therapist and rehabilitation or medical treatment or getting people better for depression is ...
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 Relieving Depression After TBI Through Activity.
So, this is something that I talk about a lot with my patients, and it’s the idea of behavioral activation, ...