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Monitoring Athletes Symptoms After a Concussion: Verbal Questions or Written Questionnaires?

What is the most effective way to track recovery from concussions in athletes?

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What Counseling Is Available for Service Members, Veterans, and Families?

Everyone needs a helping hand at one time or another. Learn about resources to help you and your service member or veteran cope.

BrainSTARS: Adolescent Self-Regulation

Despite their age, adolescents with self-regulation difficulties after brain injury require the amount of supervision and structure typically provided for younger children.

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If I Look So Good, Why Do I Feel So Bad?

The fact that brain injury is often an invisible injury can be painful. Learn how to react to people's questions and comments.

Counseling After Brain Injury: 13 Things Want to Know But Are Afraid to Ask

Everything You Wanted to Know About Counseling After Brain Injury But Were Afraid to Ask

Life after a brain injury can be overwhelming for both the survivor and family members. Learn how counseling can help.

Planning Ahead After a Brain Injury is Related To Better Outcomes

Learn why it's better to "plan" than "avoid" after a brain injury.

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Depression in Primary Care: A Military Healthcare Perspective

Depression is one of the most common symptoms after a combat-related brain injury. Learn how to help your service member or veteran.

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Why Do Some People Develop Psychiatric Disorders After a Brain Injury?

Psychiatric disorders are common and often debilitating after a brain injury. Learn who is more at risk.

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Recognizing Other People's Facial Expressions Can Be Hard for People with Brain Injury

Recognizing Other Peopleâ€™s Facial Expressions Can Be Hard for People with Brain Injury

An inability to perceive others’ emotions can make communication and social interactions difficult.

Stress Management: How to Reduce, Prevent, and Cope with Stress

Stress affects everyone, but it can be worse for people with a brain injury. Here are some indispensable, general strategies for managing stress.

Why Aggression, Irritability, and Depression Are Common After Brain Injury

Changes in or damage to the brain make emotional and behavioral issues common after a TBI.

Make Sure to Get Appropriate Help and Treatment After a TBI

Being aware of symptoms post TBI is crucial to getting the appropriate medical treatment.

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When Depression Is Not Depression After Brain Injury

When Depression Is Not Depression After a TBI

Fatigue, problems with sleep or concentration, and lack of energy or interest may be their own symptoms, not depression.

Why Is Depression the Number One Symptom After a Brain Injury?

Some 20-60% of people with a TBI experience depression soon after the injury or even years later. Learn why it's so prevalent.

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Mental Illness and Brain Injury Are Not a Dual Diagnosis

Often, behavioral and emotional symptoms are a result of a TBI and should be treated as such.

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.

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'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.

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'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.

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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.

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Post-Deployment Syndrome: The Illness of War

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

Coping Skills and Self-Esteem Are Important After a TBI

A study looking at the implications of self-esteem and recovery after a TBI.

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What Does a Neuropsychologist Do, Exactly?

Neuropsychologists look at the interplay between what a person's brain does and how they act in life -- emotionally, physically, socially, and so forth.

Effects of Psychological and Biomechanical Trauma on Brain and Behavior

Learn more about combat-related psychological and biochemical trauma.

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Psychiatric and Neurologic Aspects of War: An Overview and Perspective

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

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