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Traumatic Brain Injury Among Homeless Persons

Information on improving the ability to identify, assess, diagnose, treat, house, and create aftercare services for homeless people with TBI.

'Asking for Help': Facilitating Important Behaviors for Health and Family Function

Healthcare professionals and families often encounter individuals who need, but do not know how to ask for help.

'Asking for Help': Do You Know How?

Not asking for help, or asking too late, can turn a manageable situation into something more serious …

Engaging Veterans and Families to Enhance Service Delivery

A thorough toolkit to help veterans and their families get the services they need.

Re-establishing Normalcy

Trauma is a fact of life, but it doesn't have to be a life sentence. Learn to heal your body and mind after post-deployment syndrome.

Post-Deployment Syndrome: The Illness of War

"Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in."

Effects of Psychological and Biomechanical Trauma on Brain and Behavior

Learn more about combat-related psychological and biochemical trauma.

Psychiatric and Neurologic Aspects of War: An Overview and Perspective

More research is needed to understand the psychiatric and neurologic consequences of combat.

Understanding Everybody's Behavior After Brain Injury: Don't "Don't"

Understanding Everybodyâ€™s Behavior After Brain Injury: Donâ€™t â€œDonâ€™t!â€

Behavior can be one of brain injury’s most perplexing challenges. Learn more.

Back to School After a Concussion

Addressing cognitive, academic, or behavioral issues in students with TBI early will help with school success.

Recovering from Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

What happens when you have no filter for sounds, smells, images, and feelings after brain injury?

Interventions For Behavioral Problems After Brain Injury

Success in adapting to changes after injury depends greatly on support from your social network.

Managing Intense Feelings

Learn how to use your emotions to your advantage.

Managing Crises and Stress Effectively

Remember: no one is immune, but these strategies may help.

Coping with Loss and Change After Brain Injury

Rate yourself and learn some helpful tips for life after brain injury.

Building Relationships and Overcoming Loneliness

A brain injury doesn't mean you have to be alone. Take this self-assessment and learn skills to connect with people.

Neuroanatomy of Behavior After Brain Injury

You don't like my behavior? You'll have to discuss that with my brain directly.

Who Me? Self-Esteem for People with Disabilities

How to view yourself in a positive light.

Emotional and Physical Recovery Are Two Different Things

Helping to heal the whole person.

Ain't Misbehaving

Understanding the meaning behind difficult behavior.

Handling Behavior

What are the most effective ways to deal with challenging behavior in kids?

Anger: Managing Intense Emotions

Why is anger so hard to handle after TBI?

Understanding Behavior

Learn how the A-B-C Chart for challenging behavior can help you.

Making Connections After Brain Injury: A Guide for Social Peer Mentors

A resource for social peer mentors.

Traumatic Brain Injury: Cognitive and Communication Disorders

Cognitive and communication problems depend on factors like an individual's personality, pre-injury abilities, and the severity of the brain injury.

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