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Challenges for Students Following Brain Injury

Learn what problems can affect student with TBI — from issues with perceptual motor skills to problems with communication.

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Back to School After a Concussion

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

Driving After Traumatic Brain Injury

Learn what steps you need to take to get behind the wheel again after a TBI.

When Is a Mild TBI "Mild"?

Even a seemingly innocuous hit on the head may have serious — or deadly — consequences. Don't scoff off help.

Michael Paul Mason

Topic:

Concussion / Mild TBI

The Specifics of Neuropsych Tests

Learn what you need to know — and ask for — from a neuropsych evaluation.

Celeste Campbell, PsyD

Topic:

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

Sexual Difficulties After Traumatic Brain Injury and Ways to Deal with It

Sexual Difficulties After TBI and Ways To Deal with It

After TBI, intimacy can present a new set of challenges. Learn how to improve your social and intimacy skills.

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Caring for Your Child’s Concussion

Your child was seen today for a concussion. Use this article to help you watch for changes in how your child is feeling or acting, and to help your child feel better.

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Americans with Disabilities Act: Questions and Answers

Learn how this historical act protects the rights of everyone — with a disability or not.

The Veteran's Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide

A resource from one war veteran with TBI for others like him.

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An invisible epidemic: Survivors of domestic violence on living with traumatic brain injury

A woman stands alone in a darkened room, holding her head in her hand

The suffering caused by domestic violence is emotional, spiritual and physical. But there's one aspect of that suffering that is almost invisible.

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Man, Woman, Caregiver

I Am You: How Caregiving Forces Us to Rethink Gender & Identity

It’s time for a broader, braver dialogue around gender and caregiving. It’s time to start talking about the transformation in identity that occurs when one spouse adopts the role of the other. It’s time to recognize that caregiving is a role that requires the revision of gender norms and the acceptance of power transfers.

When Can We Stop Worrying After a Hit on the Head?

If symptoms persist after you've been hit on the head, get re-evaluated. A CT scan doesn't reveal everything.

Brian D. Greenwald, MD

Topic:

Concussion / Mild TBI

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

Symptoms

Why Is It So Difficult to Commit Information to Memory Following a Brain Injury?

Memory is not a single thing. It actually has a number of stages and any of which may be impacted by a brain injury.

David Arciniegas, MD

Topic:

Memory Problems

Concussion Symptoms: What You Need to Know

What You Need to Know: Symptoms of Concussion

Some signs and symptoms of concussion are evident soon after the traumatic event, while others you may only become aware of others days or weeks later.

Getting a Brain Injury Far from a Hospital

What do we do if we don’t live near a trauma center?

Jeffrey Bazarian, MD

Topic:

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

Hospital Care

"New Normal"

Have you heard the term “new normal” lately? It’s been bouncing around for a few years and is used to describe the adjustments veterans and families go through when they return home from war. Have you ever wondered what it looks like?

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Fact Sheet on Emergency Alert Systems

What would you do if you fell and couldn't call for help? Learn how to be prepared.

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Brain Injury — What's next?

A brain injury can change life forever for the person who sustains the injury and for those in a relationship with that person. Recovery is a lifelong journey with a series of changes, challenges and rewarding experiences.

Robert Shulman, MD: Triggers, Trauma, PTSD, and the Brain’s Fight or Flight Response

For most, the brain's limbic system activates “fight or flight” in response to intense emotions, then calms down. When triggered from trauma, those with PTSD remain in that activated state of hypervigilance. Over time those changes can affect sleep and mood disorders.

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Five Ways Caregivers Directly Impact TBI Outcome

"It’s my personal belief that the quality of fulltime care someone with TBI receives during the first two years post injury has the potential to greatly impact outcome."

Ahead of the Game

Learn more about the good and bad news about identifying and treating youth concussions.

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Voices of Caregivers of Service Members and Veterans, Part 2

Once caregivers understand more about what has happened to their loved one's brain, they are more knowlegeable to help.

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Losing the Army Way of Life to PTSD and TBI

The Pearce family misses Army life. They not only lost the stability a healthy father would provide but also an entire way of living — the extended family that the Army creates. After years of struggle, they've found...

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What Have We Learned About Blast Injury Since the Days of “Shell Shock”?

Blast Injury: What We Have Learned Since the Days of "Shell Shock"

Dr. Perl describes how what we know about blast injury has changed since the early days of 'shell shock' in World War I and in subsquent conflicts.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

Topic:

Concussion / Mild TBI

Military & Veterans

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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Concussion Symptoms in Toddlers & Babies

Concussions can be especially dangerous for young children because they may not be able to let others know how they are feeling. Learn the danger signs.