Brain Injury Professional

The official publication of the International Brain Injury Association and the North American Brain Injury Society

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Driving After Brain Injury: A Clinician’s Cheat Sheet

Maria T. Schultheis, PhD , Elizabeth Whipple, PhD Driving is a complex task that requires the successful integration of perceptual, physical, cognitive, and emotional systems. Individuals with brain injury (BI), along with their families and care providers, are often faced with the determination about an individual’s capacity to return to driving post-BI. This brief report … [Read more...] about Driving After Brain Injury: A Clinician’s Cheat Sheet

Recognize – Opening Eyes to TBIs

by Stacy Suskauer, MD A seminal paper published in 2010 argued for the conceptualization of traumatic brain injury (TBI) not as an isolated injury event, but as a disease process that  unfolds heterogeneously over many years (Masel & DeWitt, 2010). The purpose of that paper was to summarize the evidence needed to encourage clinicians and, perhaps more importantly, … [Read more...] about Recognize – Opening Eyes to TBIs

Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Disease Process: Looking Back on a Decade of Research

A seminal paper published in 2010 argued for the conceptualization of traumatic brain injury (TBI) not as an isolated injury event, but as a disease process that unfolds heterogeneously over many years (Masel & DeWitt, 2010). The purpose of that paper was to summarize the evidence needed to encourage clinicians and, perhaps more importantly, the insurance industry, to … [Read more...] about Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Disease Process: Looking Back on a Decade of Research

Brain Injury Professional – Volume 13, Issue 2: Special Issues on Applied Behavioral Analysis

Featured open access content Comprehending Aggressive Behavior Following A Brain Injury: An Explanatory Framework For Neurobehavior Jeff Kupfer, PhD, Peter R. Killeen, PhD, & Randall D. Buzan, MD Content currently available in print only Antecedent Interventions and the Management of Behavioral Dysregulation Ron Allen, PhD, BCBA, CBIS and Tom Hall, MA, … [Read more...] about Brain Injury Professional – Volume 13, Issue 2: Special Issues on Applied Behavioral Analysis