All posts tagged 'brain injury'

Military Suicides Hit Record High, And TBI Likely Plays A Role

Posted on January 16th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Our troops are still not getting the help they need when they come home from combat overseas. And here is the evidence. Despite all the counseling and special programs created to help soldiers, suicides in the U.S. military last year hit an all-time high, taking more soldiers’ lives than combat,..
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Speech Therapist Helps in Transition After TBI

Posted on January 15th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Speech Therapist Helps in Transition: Craig Part Sixteen  Craig continues to talk about his speech therapist and how she helped him in transitioning out of therapy.  She hung in there with him even though funds ran out.   During the time you have therapy, you’re getting someone to basically be..
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Cognitive Therapy: Learning to Avoid the Overwhelming

Posted on January 14th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Cognitive Therapy: Craig Part Fifteen  Craig talks about the kind of cognitive therapy he received and the different issues that this type of therapy dealt with and helped him with. Now, you said you had a separate person that was helping you with cognitive therapy. Correct. The Difference Between Cognitive..
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Brain Injury Spasticity: Spasticity Problems Missed After TBI

Posted on January 8th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Spasticity: Craig Part Twelve  Craig talks about his problems with brain injury spasticity in his shoulders and his elbowsand  the therapy he received for this.   After you’ve had your neuropsychological evaluation and you get the results in April, they figure out you need some therapy? Correct. So..
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Florida Brain Injury Center, Accused Of Abuses, Files For Bankruptcy

Posted on January 7th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A Florida brain-injury treatment center, accused of abusing and neglecting patients, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to Bloomberg News. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-05/florida-brain-injury-facility-files-for-bankruptcy.html The Florida Institute of Neurologic Rehabilitation (FINR) and three sister companies filed papers with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Tampa on Friday. Bloomberg News said that according..
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Frontal Lobe Issues: No Preparation Before Discharge

Posted on January 7th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Frontal Lobe Issues: Craig Part Eleven Craig discusses some of the problems that he is having with frontal lobe issues and how there wasn’t any preparation for this when he was discharged. Amnesia One of the Frontal Lobe Issues While we were off camera, you had some additional thoughts about..
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Return To Work After Brain Injury:Only Bright Spot

Posted on January 3rd, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Return to Work After Brain Injury: Craig Part Ten  Craig talks about his return to work after brain injury, his trials on keeping his marriage together and the rehabilitation plan.   So in that period of time in between three weeks and three months, the only treatment you were getting..
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TBI Marital Problems: Marital Help Fell Thru Cracks

Posted on January 2nd, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Marital Problems: Craig Part Nine  To say that Craig’s TBI marital problems are a familiar story to me understates, the significance of that issue in my career. The first brain injured clients were not personal injury cases, but severe brain injury survivors who had been charged with domestic violence...
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TBI Seizures: Diagnosed with Severe TBI with Seizures

Posted on December 28th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Seizures: Craig Part Seven  Craig tells us about the TBI seizures he suffered in which the medical staff misdiagnosed and called them “shakes” such as in Parkinson’s Disease.   Have you ever gone back to look at your hospital records before your initial hospitalization and those re-admissions?  Yeah, I..
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Suicidal Side Effects of Medications Prescribed

Posted on December 27th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

 Suicidal Side Effects of Medication: Craig Part Six Craig continues his story talking about the suicidal side effects of the medications that were prescribed to him by his doctor. He explains that his doctor was just trying to help but didn’t understand brain injury so he prescribed psychotropic drugs which..
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