Using Anti-Depressants After TBI? Brian D. Greenwald, MD

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Is it safe to take an anti-depressant after a brain injury? My wife never took them before her brain injury. Her depression is a result of her injury, it seems, and she just can't seem to kick it. It's been more than a year now. I'm wondering about their effectiveness and safety after a brain injury.

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Brian D. Greenwald, MD, Dr. Greenwald is currently an assistant professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, he is the medical director of Brain Injury Rehabilitation at the Mount Sinai Hospital's Rehabilitation Center in New York City. He is the medical director for Rehabilitation Specialists, a day and residential program for people with brain injury, in Fair Lawn, NJ (www.rehab-specialists.com). He is also a consultant for brain injury program at Park Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rego Park, Queens (www.park-terrace.com), and the co-project director for the New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (www.tbicentral.org) (http://msktc.washington.edu/tbi/index.html). Dr. Greenwald has been serving on the Board of Trustees for the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey since 2002 (www.bianj.org). Dr. Greenwald has published multiple articles in the areas of brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation. Currently, he is involved in several research studies to improve the care of people with brain injury.

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