Suicidality in people surviving a traumatic brain injury: prev- alence, risk factors and implications for clinical management. Brain Inj 2007;21: 1335-51.Simpson G, Tate R. Suicidality in people surviving a traumatic brain injury: prevalence, risk factors, and implications for clinical management....
In my original interview, I kept my answers short so others wouldn’t be intimidated. I didn’t need to. Other interviewees were not reluctant at all to discuss at length many of the aspects of their brain injuries. In this interview on the 20thanniversary of my TBI (traumatic brain inj...
Many veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury have also been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other mental disorders. Percentages of veterans seeking mental health treatment have increased over time. Veterans also have a higher risk of divorce, suicide and homelessness...
1989, and one after. In the spirit of true survivorship, she looks at her story of surviving a traumatic brain injury as one about something she did, rather than something that was done to her.
Badjatia N, Carney N, Crocco TJ, Fallat ME, Hennes HMA, Jagoda AS, Jernigan S, Letarte PB, Lerner EB, Moriarty TM, Pons PT, Sasser S, Scalea T, Schleien CL, Wright DW: Guidelines for prehospital management of traumatic brain injury 2nd edition. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2008, 12: S1-...
Predicting Posttraumatic Epilepsy in Penetrating Head Injury Using data derived from a 15-year follow-up study of 520 veterans surviving penetrating brain wounds received in the Vietnam war, we have developed a predictive formula and tables for posttraumatic epilepsy based on time elapsed postinju.....
Depression is a thought disorder. It results when the brain does not deliver chemical messages (known as “neurotransmitters”) correctly, thereby interfering with accurate communication between one cell and another. The connection between child abuse and depression has been clearly established [1]. I...
Head injury rehabilitation in the U.K.: an economic perspective The human and societal costs as a result of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are extensive with approximately 200鈥 300100000 of the population requiring hospit... K Mcgregor,B Pentland - 《Social Science & Medicine》 被引量: 62发表...
The computer program calledNeuroQuanthas been used in the traumatic brain injury field for some years. This unique and sophisticated program can take a properly run MRI of the brain and assess volumes of 15 different brain areas. To my knowledge, no one had used NQ to assess...
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) may be an alternative, since they have been used as therapy for neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic lesions of the central nervous system. So far, no study has investigated the effects of MSC therapy on the blood-brain barrier, leukocyte rolling and adherence...