What's Good for the Caregiver Is Often Good for the Loved One with TBI

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Effects of Family and Caregiver Psychosocial Functioning on Outcomes in Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

Vangel, SJ, Rapport, LJ, Hanks, RA, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation Vol 26(1), 2011, pp 20-29.

In this study, researchers found that the degree of social support a caregiver receives can impact the outcome for the individual with TBI. Feelings of limited or poor social support and poor familial behavioral control were related to poor psychological well-being among people with TBI. Also, individuals who had more significant disability tended to have caregivers with poorer psychological well being.

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