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Positive Ways to Reinvent Yourself After a TBI

Life is not always "candy and ponies," but for people with TBI who have lost something integral to their identity, sometimes finding the spirit of that trait can open new doors.

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"If You've Seen One Brain Injury, You've Seen ONE Brain Injury"

When Dr. Taryn Stejskal meets with couples, first she listens to their story then works with them to form strategies that work for their individual issues.

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The Aching Difference Between Physical and Psychological Presence After TBI

Ambiguous loss is the feeling of being stuck when a loved one is physically present but psychologically absent or different.

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Caregiver Burnout with Patients in Minimally Conscious State

Working with patients with severe brain injury can cause emotional exhaustion.

Frequent Binge Drinking After Combat-Related TBI Is Not Uncommon

Studies show that binge drinking after a TBI, especially for active duty and veterans, could be a significant risk

Disability Benefits Through the Social Security Administration Are Available for People with Brain Injury

Careful preparation of the disability application is crucial to obtaining appropriate benefits for people with TBI who cannot work.

Shana De Caro, Esq.

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Finances

Can Hearing Aids Help with Tinnitus?

Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, is a common symptom of TBI. Learn when hearing aids can help and what other treatments are available.

Janet Brown, MA, CCC-SLP

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Physical Symptoms of Brain Injury

Broken Brains

“TBI is not a derogatory term. It is not career-ending. Hiding it from everyone else is derelict. You could get other people killed. If you don’t ask for help, it makes you less of a man.” Read Karl Holt's story.

Becoming a Voice for Wounded Warriors

It took almost nine years for Marine Michael Grywalsky to get the help he needed for TBI and PTSD. Without the tenacity of his wife, he may never have gotten it.

Football Needs Big Changes; It's Not Worth the "Human Carnage"

Retired NFL player George Visger loved football but he knows it can come with long-term consequences.

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George Visger: From Pop Warner to the NFL to the Operating Room

Retired NFL player George Visger has a Superbowl ring but he's also had nine brain surgeries.

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Do Helmets Give Football Players a False Sense of Safety?

Retired NFL player George Visger talks about the dangers of sub-concussive hits and what changes could make football safer for youth and pro players.

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Would This Retired NFL Player Do It Again?

Until recently, retired NFL player George Visger said he'd never trade his football career with its friendships and experiences for anything. But now he tells a different story.

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Retired NFL Player George Visger: Memory Strategies That Work

Retired NFL Player George Visger has more than 28 notebooks that do for him what his short-term memory cannot.

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Finding Some Semblance of Healing

It was when her injured veteran husband said "yet," that Andrea Sawyer was truly terrified.

Vocational Issues Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part I

Vocational Issues Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part 1

The cognitive, communication, behavioral, sensory, physical, psycho-emotional, and social changes commonly experienced following TBI can affect a person's ability to return to work.

BrainSTARS: Self-Regulation

Remember that disruptive behavior is always more likely when a child is tired or in a situation that is stimulating, unstructured, or confusing.

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Why Kids Understand Ambiguous Loss Intuitively

After a parent has TBI, kids might say, "She looks like my Mom, but she doesn't act like it," or "He seems half dead, and half alive."

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Helping Kids Bring Together the "Was" and "Is" of Life with a Parent with TBI

Through crafts, story telling, and collage making, psychologists can help kids manage the discrepancy of who their parent was before his injury, who he is now, and how those two can come together.

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Art Helps Psychologists Work with Kids with a Parent with TBI

Art work can help children express how they're feeling about their injured parent. In turn, the drawings can help psychologists help those kids adapt to changes in their family.

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How Older Children Often React to a Parent with TBI

When a parent is injured, older children can react — from becoming withdrawn to putting too much pressure on themselves to perform perfectly at school. But most often, kids bounce back.

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How Younger Children Often React to a Parent with TBI

After a parent's injury, young children often cope and adapt by becoming clingy with other adults, acting out, or regressing developmentally. This is normal and, with help, will pass.

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Children with a Brain Injured Parent Want Honesty, Inclusion

Parents often think that protecting their young children from the truth about a spouse's injury will spare the children. But sometimes kids imagine something far worse than reality.

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How to Deal With the Worries of Kids Who Have a Parent with TBI

Psychologists have effective strategies like the "Worry Worm Box" to help young children deal with their anxieties about their injured parent.

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Countering Children's Belief That They Are Responsible for Parent's TBI

It is common for children to think they are responsible for their parent's brain injury. Psychologists have strategies to talk these emotions through so as to minimize them.

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