Traumatic Brain Injury: New Importance, New Developments

This year saw dramatic new research into the assessment and treatment of mild TBI.

Approximately 1.4 million people annually in the U.S. sustain a traumatic brain injury. This problem has now come to national attention through the experiences of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan (J Head Trauma Rehabil 2006; 21:398), with an estimated 15% to 20% of soldiers experiencing mild TBIs (J Head Trauma Rehabil 2007; 22:377). The related cognitive, emotional, behavioral, physical, and psychosocial problems are frequent and substantial sources of at least temporary disability and stress to TBI survivors and their families. Complicating recovery is the co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Clinicians once doubted that an individual could have both PTSD and TBI. However, PTSD has been dia…

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Jonathan Silver, MD

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RoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions

Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)

Jonathan Silver, MD

Disclosures

RoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions

Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Traumatic Brain Injury: New Importance, New Developments

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