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The TBI Resource Guide is the internet`s central source of information regarding traumatic brain injury. The TBI Resource Guide website consists of over 1,000 pages of information, materials, education and resources about the brain, brain injury and TBI rehabilitation for survivors, families and professionals.
Hypothermia Treatment for TBI (Jan 5)
A clinical trial assessing whether maintaining a moderately low body temperature - or hypothermia -- in patients with severe traumatic brain injury will improve their mental and physical outcomes.
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Depression, Other Psychiatric Illnesses Common Following TBI (Jan 12)
Many patients who experience a traumatic injury to the brain experience major depression or other psychiatric illnesses within a year after their head injuries, according to two new articles.
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Guidelines for Treatment of Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Jan 19)
Expanding the scope of existing guidelines to incorporate education, injury prevention as well as the role of rehabilitation and physiatry services in the management of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI).
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Research Suggests 'Nanotubes' Could Make Better Brain Probes (Jan 26)
researchers have shown that extremely thin carbon fibers called "nanotubes" might be used to create brain probes and implants to study and treat neurological damage and disorders.
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The Winter 2004 (13.1) issue of the Inside View quarterly
newsletter is now available. With a $12 yearly subscription ($24
international), glossy, hard-copy versions of the Inside View will be
delivered to your door every three months.
Two-year subscriptions are only $22 ($44 international) and three-year
subscriptions are $30 ($60 international).
Winter Issue Table of Contents:
Damage to the Frontal Lobes and Its Effect on Work
Shaping Techniques Effective in Rehabilitation
Exercise's Impact on the Brain
Imaging Helps Rehabilitation
Recovering From Concussion
2004 Conference Schedule
CNS Programs and Services
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01/26/04 Sexually Intrusive Behaviour Following Brain Injury: Approaches to Assessment
01/26/04 Parental Coping Following Childhood Acquired Brain Injury
01/25/04 Language and Memory Profiles of Adolescents With Traumatic Brain Injury
01/25/04 Do Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Indicate Brainstem Generators for Frontally Recorded N18, P20 and Cervical N13?
01/24/04 Attentional Control and Slowness of Information Processing After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
01/23/04 Acute Predictors of Real-World Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Study
01/22/04 BrainMinders Working to Prevent Brain Injuries
01/21/04 Raised Parenchymal Interleukin-6 Levels Correlate With Improved Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury
01/20/04 Building Brainpower: Neurobiofeedback Helps Tame the Storm for Brain Injury Patients
01/19/04 Multidisciplinary Team of Clinicians from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Develops Guidelines for Treatment of Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
01/18/04 Acute Effects and Recovery Time Following Concussion in Collegiate Football Players
01/17/04 A Question of Identity
01/15/04 Purdue Research Suggests 'Nanotubes' Could Make Better Brain Probes
01/14/04 Psychiatric Illness Following Traumatic Brain Injury in an Adult Health Maintenance Organization Population
01/14/04 Life After You Suffer a Brain Injury
01/13/04 Skull Fracture as a Herald of Intracranial Abnormality in Children with Mild Head Injury: Is There a Role for Skull Radiographs?
01/13/04 Major Depression Following Traumatic Brain Injury
01/12/04 Sports Related Concussions
01/11/04 Renaissance by Inches: Patients and Their Families Face New, Altered Lives
01/09/04 The Effect of Paramedic Rapid Sequence Intubation on Outcome in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
01/09/04 Severity of Cervical Spine Ligamentous Injury Correlates with Mechanism of Injury, Not with Severity of Blunt Head Trauma
01/08/04 Contemporary Issues in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
01/07/04 Brain Injury Devastates Victims' Bodies, Changes Their Personalities
01/06/04 Depression Often Follows Traumatic Brain Injury
01/05/04 Surcharge to Finance Brain Research
01/04/04 Football Hits, Car Crashes Have Similar Impact On Skull
01/03/04 Helmets a Good Idea for Winter Sports
01/02/04 Head Injury X-rays May Actually Be Causing Harm
12/27/03 Special Group Targets Sports Head Injuries
12/26/03 Brain Injury Forced Her to Relearn Everything
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Our digital library includes graphics and animations of various aspects of neurology and types of
traumatic brain injury.
Graphics library: click here
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Eye Simulation (after muscle and cranial nerve injury) click here
Neurolinks page: click here
The TBI Resource Guide now offers four continuing education courses. Our latest addition is a 2.0 clock-hour course: Brain Anatomy and Function. Our online CE courses are $60 each.
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Applied Behavior Analysis
Brain Injury Rehabilitation: An Overview
Brain Anatomy and Function
CE Courses page: click here
Mar 11-12
Brain Injury Association of Iowa Annual Conference
Des Moines, IA
513-542-2704
Email: biaia@cedarnet.org
Website: www.biausa.org/Iowa
Mar 11-13
American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics Annual Conference
Bethesda, MD
414-273-8290
Email: info@asent.org
Website: www.asent.org/meetings/index.shtml
Mar 12
Cincinnati Brain Injury Conference
Cincinnati, OH
513-542-2704
Email: help@biaoh.org
Website: www.biaoh.org
Mar 14-16
Traumatic Brain Injury: From Molecule to Family Systems
Toronto, Canada
416-785-2500 ext.2363
Email: info@biamd.org
Website: www.rotman-baycrest.on.ca/content/welcome/conference/
Mar 23-24
Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Annual Conference
508-795-0244
Email: mbia@mbia.net
Website: web site
Mar 24
Neuro-Medical Aging and Long-Term Issues Following TBI
Dallas, TX
214-762-1490
Email: jsmith@neuroskills.com
Mar 25-26
Brain Injury Association of Maryland Conference
Baltimore, MD
Tel: 410-448-2924
Email: info@biamd.org
Website: www.biamd.org
Mar 25-29
NORA Annual Conference
Boston, MA
603-424-0404 x17
Email: kchauvette@comcast.net
Website: www.nora.cc
Mar 27-Apr 1
NANOS Annual Conference
Orlando, FL
860-586-7507
Email: ctubby@nanosweb.org
Website: www.nanosweb.org/meetings/nanos2004/index.htm
Apr 2-3
Brain Injury Association of North Carolina Annual Conference
919-833-9634
Email: info@bianc.net
www.bianc.net
Apr 24-May 1
AAN Annual Conference
San Francisco, CA
651-695-2717
memberservices@aan.com
am.aan.com/
Apr 28-30
Brain Injury Association of Maine Annual Conference
South Portland, ME
800-275-1233
Email: biaofme@prexar.com
Website: www.biame.org
May 20-23
AOTA Annual Conference
Minneapolis, MN
301-652-2682
Website: www.aota.org
Jun 4
Brain Injury Association of Michigan Summer Conference
Lansing, MI
810-229-5880
Email: info@biami.org
Website: www.biami.org
Jun 9-10
Brain Injury Association of Wyoming Annual Conference
Casper, WY
307-473-1767
Email: biaw@trib.com
Website: www.biausa.org/Wyoming
Jun 10-11
Brain Injury Association of New York Annual Conference
518-459-7911
Email: info@bianys.org
Website: www.bianys.org
Jun 10-12
AACN Workshops and Annual Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
734-936-8269
Email: linas@umich.edu
Website: www.theaacn.org/continuing_education/index.html
Jun 15-19
Case Management Society of America Annual Conference
Nashville, TN
501-225-2229
Email: cmsa@cmsa.org
Website: www.cmsa.org/Conference/2004NASH/
Jun 30-Jul 3
APTA Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
703-684-2782
Email: svcctr@apta.org
Website: www.apta.org
Jul 28-Aug 1
APA Annual Conference
Honolulu, HI
202-336-6020
Email: convention@apa.org
Website: www.apa.org
Sep 4-7
Annual Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
Paris, France
+41-22-908-0488
Email: efns04@kenes.com
Website: 2004.efns.org/efns2004/
Sep 9-12
ACRM-ASNR Joint Annual Conference
Pointe Vedra Beach, FL
317-915-2250
Email: acrm@acrm.org
Website: www.acrm.org
Sep 30-Oct 1
Brain Injury Association of Florida Annual Conference
Delray Beach, FL
954-786-2400
Email: mronshausen@biaf.org
Website: www.biaf.org
Oct 1-2
Brain Injury Association of Illinois
312-726-5699
Email: info@biail.org
Website: www.biausa.org/Illinois/bia.html
Oct 3-6
American Neurological Association Annual Conference
Toronto, Canada
952-545-6284
Email: ana@llmsi.com
Website: www.aneuroa.org/sf_prelim.html
Oct 7-8
Brain Injury Association of Michigan Annual Conference
Lansing, MI
810-229-5880
Email: info@biami.org
Website: www.biami.org
Oct 7-10
AAPM&R Annual Conference
Phoenix, AZ
312-464-9700
Email: info@aapmr.org
Website: www.aapmr.org
Nov 9
Loma Linda Annual Brain Injury Conference
Loma Linda, CA
760-248-9130
Email: lmosley@neuroskills.com
Nov 13-14
25th Annual Neurorehabilitation Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke
Boston, MA
781-348-2113
Email: donna.carr@healthsouth.com
Website: www.braintreehospital.org/neurorehabilitation-conference-2.html
Nov 17-21
NAN Annual Conference
Seattle, WA
303-691-3694
Email: office@nanonline.org
Website: http://nanonline.org/content/pages/conf/locdate.shtm
Nov 18-20
ASHA Annual Conference
Philadelphia, PA
800-498-2071
Email: actioncenter@asha.org
Website: www.asha.org
Conferences 2004: click here
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Brainlash: Maximize Your Recovery from Mild Brain Injury
Gail L. Denton
Paperback; $17.65 (369 pp) |
Author is a psychotherapist and a brain injury survivor. Text, for consumers, providing the tools and facts to make recovery of brain injury more intelligible. Covers every aspect of the recovery process, from driving and sex to self esteem, stamina, support systems, nutrition, pain, and more.
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Principles of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
George P. Prigatano
Hardcover; $55.00 (356 pp) |
Without guiding principles clinicians can easily get lost in the maze of problems that a brain-damaged patient presents. This book underlines the importance of patients subjective experience of brain disease or injury, and the frustration and confusion they undergo. It shows that the symptom picture is a mixture of premorbid cognitive and personal characteristics with the neuropsychological changes directly associated with brain pathology. By closely observing the patients behavior the clinician can teach him or her about the direct and indirect effects of brain damage. The book provides guidelines both for the remediation of higher cerebral disturbances and the management of patients interpersonal problems. It presents a new perspective on disorders of self-awareness and recovery as well as deterioration phenomena after brain injury. It will be an invaluable resource for psychologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists involved in neuropsychological rehabilitation.
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Brain Injury and After: Towards Improved Outcome
F. D. Rose
Hardcover; $151.95 (216 pp) |
Brain damage is always serious, but recent developments in treatment, technology, management and social expectations have led to a much more optimistic approach to the problems of brain injury and outcomes. Achieving the best outcome is not within the power of one profession alone: it depends initially upon ambulance paramedics and emergency medical departments, and thereafter on medical specialists, nurses, physiotherapists, speech and occupational therapists, dieticians, psychologists and psychiatrists. This collection of short, readable chapters provides all these professionals with a quick and accessible account of advances in the key areas of common interest to those concerned with the acute treatment, assessment, rehabilitation and long-term management of brain injury patients, including social and legal issues relating to these concerns. The objective of this book is to help practitioners work together more effectively towards better outcome for their patients."
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Brain Injury: A Family Tragedy
Patt Abrahamson
Paperback; $19.50 (239 pp) |
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
Paperback; $12.64 (352 pp) |
In this age of do-it-yourself health care (heck, if the doctor only sees you for 10 minutes each visit, what other options are there?), Change Your Brain, Change Your Life fits in perfectly. Filled with "brain prescriptions" (among them cognitive exercises and nutritional advice) that are geared toward readers who've experienced anxiety, depression, impulsiveness, excessive anger or worry, and obsessive behavior, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life milks the mind-body connection for all it's worth.
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For a complete list of brain injury related books: click here
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Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
cns@neuroskills.com
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