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Acute Rehab for Brain Injury Is the First Step in a Long Journey

Most stays in an acute rehab facitily are too short for people with brain injury. Familes need to make each day count and look ahead to next steps.

Growing Up with Brain Injury

This is a glimpse into the life of a girl whose father sustained a brain injury. Her life continues to be defined by the moment of her father's car crash — for better and for worse.

What Is Your It?

"It" is the recipient of all of your best.What is your "it"?

Bring on the Steeple Chase!

"For the brain injured, for anyone needing to restart their lives after all of their normal has been stripped, the Olympics provide a serious, wonderful, hopeful dose of what is possible in each of us."

Study to Determine Lifetime Prevalence of Brain Injury Among Prisoners

A substantial proportion of prisoners reported having experienced a TBI during their lifetime, something that could impact their success once released.

The Ability to Drive Safely After a Severe Brain Injury Is Frequently Compromised

Driving takes a great deal of concentration and coordination. Rehab for this complex activity should be a main goal of certain reintegration programs.

Long-Term Issues Post-Brain Injury Can Affect Return to Work

More than half of the people with TBI in this study were employed after three years. However, cognitive skills and psychiatric issues remained significant barriers to employment.

Protect Your Brain

The three most effective ways to prevent traumatic brain injury.

Helping Children Cope with Head Injury in the Family

Children who have a close relative, particularly a parent, with a brain injury face many challenges. Learn how children can be affected and how to help them and the adults caring for them.

Penetrating Brain Injury Animation

An animation of a penetrating traumatic brain injury.

Interactive Brain

Brain Basics: An Interactive 3D Model of the Injured Brain

Take an interactive journey to see how the brain works and what impact an injury can have

Do I Have a Brain Injury? And What Can I Do About It?

What is unidentified traumatic brain injury? Learn how it can happen and what can be done about it from people with brain injury and experts in the field.

Writing for Two

For physician, writer, and mother Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, writing was the way she made sense of the world, but after her son sustained a brain injury, she found she was also writing for him.

Getting to the Root of Fatigue Post-TBI

Overwhelming fatigue post-injury can be due to disrupted sleep patterns — and there are strategies to help.

Just a Few Knocks on the Head: The Concussion Conundrum

Just a Few Hard Knocks on the Head: The Concussion Conundrum

This is a tale of two boys from very different backgrounds who had one very important thing in common. They were both mad about rugby — and they both suffered from concussion.

Dealing with Unpredictability and Uncertainty After a Brain Injury

Unpredictability and uncertainty after a TBI are scary, but life will get easier as problems are solved and families develop a new normal.

Strategies to Help People with Brain Injury Deal with Loneliness

Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer: Strategies to Help People with TBI and Their Families Deal with Loneliness

People with a brain injury — and their families — often feel as if no one understands what they're going through. But there are strategies to help.

Loss of Relationships After a TBI Is Often the Most Devastating Outcome

Friendships often fall apart after someone has a TBI, adding a whole other layer of loss on top of the brain injury.

Patience and Persistence Are Key for Caregiving

The prolonged period of stress after a loved one has a TBI can last years. Asking for help and knowing that life may be different but it will get easier and better are crucial points for caregivers.

What Keeps People from Moving Forward After a Brain Injury?

Acceptance of a "new self" can be especially hard for perfectionists and high achievers; they have a hard time accepting the loss of who they once were.

What Is Ambiguous Loss? How Does It Relate to Brain Injury?

Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer: What Is Ambiguous Loss and How Does It Relate to Brain Injury?

Ambiguous loss describes the grief associated with a loss of a person or relationship, in which there is confusion or uncertainty about that person or relationship.

When the Ambiguity of Loss Ends After Brain Injury

Although it is painful for a person with TBI and his family to recognize what has been lost from the injury, that understanding also frees them to grieve and move forward.

Getting a Mental Workout Post-TBI at the Brain Fitness Center

The Brain Fitness Center at Walter Reed National Mlitary Medical Center is a "brain gym" for service members and veterans.

How Concussion Recovery Centers Offer Service Members Appropriate Rest Post-TBI

COL Beverly Scott, MD: How Concussion Recovery Centers Help Service Members Recovery Post-TBI

Concussion Recovery Centers, located near service members' units, are quiet, comfortable environments conducive for rest and recovery after a brain injury.

Getting Appropriate Care After a TBI Involves the Patient, Doctors, and Family

Service members need to share their injury history, symptoms, and any diagnosis or treatment done in theater to help their stateside doctors better tailor care.

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