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Why Is It Important for Families to Understand the "New Normal" After a Brain Injury?

Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer explains why helping families understand what's normal after brain injury can help everyone adjust to their new reality.

Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

How Common Is CTE?

Dr. Perl discusses reports of the prevalence of CTE in professional athletes.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Sports Injuries

Why Do We Need People to Donate Their Brains?

Why We Need People to Donate Their Brains

Dr. Perl explains two major reasons we need people to donate their brains.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

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Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

Why Do We Need to Study the Long-Term Effects of Brain Injury?

Although there’s been a great deal of concern about repeated brain injuries, the long-term effects of single traumatic brain injury is a significant problem that we don't know much about.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

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Seniors & Brain Injury

What is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE?

Dr. Daniel Perl describes chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Concussion / Mild TBI

Seniors & Brain Injury

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

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Concussion / Mild TBI

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

How Many Service Members Have Had a Blast Injury?

Dr. Perl talks about some of the challenges in identifying exact numbers of blast injury in the military, but estimates that it's in the hundreds of thousands. He also talks about questions related to women who may suffer from blast injury in the future and civilians impacted by blast injuries as well.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

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What Are the Effects of Blast Injuries?

Dr. Perl describes the range of symptoms that follow a blast injury.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

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Concussion / Mild TBI

Symptoms

What Do Blast Injuries Feel Like?

Dr. Daniel Perl talks about the sensations service members describe who have experienced a blast injury.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

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Physical Symptoms of Brain Injury

What Do Blast Injuries Do to Your Brain?

Dr. Daniel Perl describes how blast injuries physically impact the brain.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Why Is There So Much Uncertainty and Anxiety After a Family Member Sustains a Brain Injury?

Uncertainty and Anxiety in the Family After TBI

When it comes to brain injury, it's difficult to make predictions about a person's recovery. This uncertainty, unfortunately, creates a lot of anxiety for families.

Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD

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Anxiety & Stress

The Process of Adjusting to Life After a Brain Injury

There is a process that survivors go through while adjusting to their injury. Dr. Kreutzer explains what this is like from the survivor's point of view.

Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD

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Thinking / Cognitive Symptoms

Rehabilitation

How Does Ambiguous Loss Impact a Person with a Brain Injury?

"When I look in the mirror I see the same person who was there before, but when I go to work, I just can’t do the job the same way."

Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD

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Behavioral & Emotional Symptoms

How Do You Save a Marriage After a Brain Injury?

Dr. Kreutzer shares what he tells patients struggling with their marriage after a brain injury.

Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD

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Intimate Relationships

What Is the Best Way Caregivers Can Help with Memory Problems After Brain Injury?

Dr. David Arciniegas shares the most important way family and friends can help somebody with a memory problem after brain injury.

David Arciniegas, MD

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Recovering Memory Function: "When am I going to get better?"

Dr. David Arciniegas answers the question, "When am I going to get better and will I get better completely? Will my memory recover entirely?"

David Arciniegas, MD

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Does Using Memory Strategies Strengthen Memory?

Sometimes people think that they will not be strengthening their memory if they rely on a compensatory strategy; however, they are actually helping to make their memory stronger by using that technique.

Allison N. Clark, MD

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Importance of Family Support with Memory Strategies

Why is it important for family members to support the use of new memory strategies?

After a traumatic brain injury, learning to use a memory strategy will be easier with the help family members and friends.

Angelle Sander, PhD

What To Do When Memory Problems Cause Conflicts with Family and Friends?

Memory problems can be a source of distress not only for people with brain injuries but also for the people they live with. The problem is that many people don't understand memory problems.

David Arciniegas, MD

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