This edition of Brain Injury Professional, entitled “ Brain Injury Among Spanish-Speaking Individuals”, guest edited by Dr. Anthony Lequerica. Dr. Lequerica is Senior Research Scientist at Kessler Foundation’s Center for TBI Research and a Research Associate Professor at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School in the Department of Physical Medicine and … [Read more...] about “Brain Injury Among Spanish-Speaking Individuals” Edition
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Brain Injury Professional: Intimate Partner Violence & Brain Injury
This issue of Brain Injury Professional, which is guest edited by Drs. Katherine Iverson and Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, focuses on brain injury resulting from violence, with a focus on intimate partner violence (IPV), an incredibly important and understudied topic Drs. Iverson and Dillahunt-Aspillaga are expert clinicians and researchers in brain injury and steeped in … [Read more...] about Brain Injury Professional: Intimate Partner Violence & Brain Injury
Current Edition: Brain Injury and Violence: Moving Past Closed Doors
This issue of Brain Injury Professional, which is guest edited by Drs. Katherine Iverson and Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, focuses on brain injury resulting from violence, with a focus on intimate partner violence (IPV), an incredibly important and understudied topic Drs. Iverson and Dillahunt-Aspillaga are expert clinicians and researchers in brain injury and steeped in … [Read more...] about Current Edition: Brain Injury and Violence: Moving Past Closed Doors
Intimate Partner Violence and Brain injury: A Selective Overview
Eve Valera, PhD Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common experience for women. IPV is any physical, sexual, and/or psychological violence perpetrated against a past or current intimate partner (e.g., girlfriend/boyfriend, husband/wife, dating or sexual partner). It is the leading cause of homicide for women globally and the most common form of violence against women.1 It … [Read more...] about Intimate Partner Violence and Brain injury: A Selective Overview
Exercise in Concussed Females
John Leddy, MD, Barry Willer, PhD Concussion is a subtype of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is the result of sudden deceleration and rotational forces applied to the brain that trigger an acute and subacute pathophysiological metabolic response in the absence of gross structural changes to the brain(1). In the US alone, it is estimated that there are 1.6-3.8 … [Read more...] about Exercise in Concussed Females