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Issues associated with the conceptualization of the impact of TBI on various aspects of family functioning are discussed and methodological considerations are outlined.

The effects of TBI on parent psychological distress and family functioning were also generally consistent with our hypotheses and previous results suggesting an absence of such effects.

Factors such as socioeconomic status (SES), preinjury family functioning, resources and stresses, and initial response to the injury appear to moderate the impact of pediatric TBI on caregivers, placing some families at greater risk for long - term difficulties (Rivara et al., 1996; Wade, Wolfe, Brown, & Pestian, 2005; Wade et al., 2002).

The results we report here replicate and extend previous results on the individual impact of hazardous drinking and TBI on mental health indicators.19, 20 ORs among current hazardous drinkers were significantly higher for elevated psychological distress, being prescribed medication for anxiety, depression or both, being prescribed medication for ADHD, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and self - rated fair or poor mental health in the past 12 months.

A TBI on roller coasters is explained, in large part, from the role of G - force, or acceleration.

There are many types of accidents that could potentially lead to a TBI on commercial property, some of which are similar to those that may occur on residential property, like slip and falls.

This study is the first step toward understanding the early effects of mild TBI on cognition.

These include neurobiological factors such as direct neuroanatomic and neurochemical effects of TBI on mood.

The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale revealed evidence for negative effects of TBI on behavior that were not apparent on neuropsychological assessment alone.

«Education attenuates impact of TBI on cognition.»

«Although cognitive status was worse in the TBI group,» said Dr. Sumowski, senior research scientist in Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation, «higher education attenuated the negative effect of TBI on cognitive status, such that persons with higher education were protected against TBI - related cognitive impairment.»

Speakers at this event discussed the current state of neuroscience research on TBI in the context of sport and combat; the areas of research that seem most promising for preventing and treating TBI; and a personal account of the effects of TBI on U.S. soldiers.

Not exact matches

* + - In today's TBI blog post, Ryan Selkis writes on the anniversary of Mt. Gox's demise.

I no he had his problems but just have tbis feeling he's going to kick on now

The Pennsylvania Departments of Public Health and Education must develop and post on their websites guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students, parents, and coaches about concussions, the nature and risk of concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI), including the risks of continuing to play or practice after a concussion or TBI.

The ConcussionWise ™ DR program is an education initiative to ensure that physicians across the Commonwealth are knowledgeable on the topic of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and are trained in current peer - reviewed research about the management of concussions.

Meanwhile, other researchers are studying serum to garner clues about links between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and DNA methylation among individuals who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, gleaning information from samples on 150 service members with mild to severe TBI, along with 50 control subjects.

Korley would like to follow up with more research on why, at a molecular level, brain injuries lower levels of BDNF in the blood and whether things known to increase BDNF levels — including exercise and omega - 3 fatty acids — could help treat TBIs.

Together, the former soldiers are pursuing studies on traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

TBIs have a devastating effect on society, with more than 1.5 million cases documented in the U.S. every year.

The findings, published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation on March 3, 2014, suggest that a lack of clear TBI symptoms following an explosion may not accurately reflect the extent of brain injury.

A recent study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital done in conjunction with researchers from Colorado School of Public Health at the University at Colorado and Temple University used data from a large, national sports injury surveillance system to determine the effect of state - level TBI laws on trends of new and recurrent concussions among US high school athletes.

«These results really underscore the importance of bi-directional gut - brain communication on the long - term effects of TBI,» said Dr. Faden.

Researchers have known for years that TBI has significant effects on the gastrointestinal tract, but until now, scientists have not recognized that brain trauma can make the colon more permeable, potentially allowing allow harmful microbes to migrate from the intestine to other areas of the body, causing infection..

The researchers also focused on the two - way nature of the process: how gut dysfunction may worsen brain inflammation and tissue loss after TBI.

Michele could come to terms with his physical injuries, but the personality changes brought on by the TBI made her feel as though her husband was a different man altogether.

Using a model of minimal TBI in mice, the team evaluated the effect of transition to an enriched environment on behavioral and cognitive parameters.

«This study convincingly shows that mild trauma has a role in increasing the risk of dementia and sheds light on the more complex relationship between medical and psychiatric diseases with TBI in the development of the future risk of dementias.

On average, veterans with TBI developed dementia two years earlier than those without TBI, or at age 78.5 compared to 80.7.

«Recovery from concussion, and TBI more generally, is dependent on a wide variety of factors that interact with each other.

Most research on the mechanisms of TBI has focused on neurochemical changes at the site of injury, such as metabolic alterations and ion imbalances inside neurons, he says.

Since 2007, the Department of Defense Combat Casualty Care Program has spent more than $ 700 million on 500 - plus TBI projects, including $ 10 million from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command for Schneider's technology.

The study published in Neuropsychology differs from previous studies on the degree of the association, with some reporting TBI history can accelerate onset of Alzheimer's by up to nine years and other research finding no relationship between the two.

Hall says that the team is also stratifying the study group based on pubertal status, hypothesizing that sex hormones may alter the dose - response, and by children who have severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), noting that neurohormonal influences affect immune function after severe TBI.

With more than two million people in the U.S. currently locked up — and millions more lingering in the justice system on probation or supervision — the widespread issue of TBI in prison populations is starting to gain wider attention.

In his research on TBI in substance abusers, participants who had multiple brain injuries tended to be in their 30s.

«The relationship between TBI and mental health issues is concerning and calls for greater focus on prevention and further research on this issue.»

«Impact of sleep disturbance on recovery in veterans with PTSD and TBI.»

The solution Parker hit upon is a «brain on a chip,» a model of the traumatized brain that is a first step toward understanding the effects of TBIs and how to halt them.

Kessler Foundation researchers have found that higher educational attainment (a proxy of intellectual enrichment) attenuates the negative impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on cognitive status.

The researchers recommended that future studies should collect information on the number of past TBIs (including mild TBIs, as well as exposure to sub-concussive trauma through contact sports and other activities) along with time since TBI, which may play a significant role in cognitive change.

Michele could come to terms with his physical injuries, but the personality changes brought on bythe TBI made her feel as though her husband was a different man altogether.

In addition, the company is testing its video game on people with Alzheimer's disease, autism, depression and traumatic brain injury (TBI)-- conditions believed to share a common weakness in the brain system that integrates sensory inputs.

Wilkinson said he was surprised that on every test, participants who had mild TBI and hypopituitarism had more problems than did participants with mild TBI but no hypopituitarism and those with no blast exposure.

During a six - month period in 2009, 161 patients who received a suspected brain injury while on duty in Iraq were referred to an outpatient TBI clinic at a combat support hospital there.

As in humans, the ill effects of TBI appeared to depend on the severity of impact, as well as the individual's age and genetic makeup.

Preliminary work (pdf) that Wilkinson presented to the Department of Veterans Affairs in May indicates that soldiers with TBI go on to develop hormonal deficiencies and symptoms that could be mistaken for PTSD as much as 40 percent of the time.

For the study, the researchers studied 769 patients enrolled in the TBI Model Systems database, an ongoing multi-center cohort of patients funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

Mollino serves on Kessler Foundation's TBI Advisory Board, helping to identify the issues that matter most to individuals with brain injury, and participates in the Foundation's research studies.

Performance on FEIT was worse in the TBI group compared with controls.