Resources & Links

Case Studies:

Progress in the years after a severe anoxic brain injury

Recent Articles:

The Greying of Brain Injury: The realities of aging with a brain injury (234 kb) Written by Rolf B. Gainer, PhD – OBIA Review December 2012

Books:

Michael Paul Mason is an editor, writer, speaker and journalist based in Tulsa. His works have appeared in several newspapers and magazines including Discover, The New York Times and The Believer. Mason has also appeared as a guest on several national media outlets including the Lehrer Newshour, CBS News and NPR’s Morning Edition. He currently serves as the editor of This Land Press, Oklahoma’s first New Media company, which he founded.

Mason’s book Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath draws from the more than five years that he spent as a Brain Injury Case Manager at Brookhaven Hospital where he spent countless hours helping survivors of traumatic brain injuries and their families. The book explores how survivors of traumatic brain injuries make sense of the world around them.

A recognized expert in his field, Michael Paul Mason has served as a board member of the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists and is a past president of the Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma.

Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath by Michael Paul Mason – Buy now on Amazon

Videos:

What is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? by Ann KcKeen, MD

What is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?
presented by Ann McKee, MD

Resources & Community Presentations:

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy – 2012 Scotland Presentation (2.18 Mb ) Presented by Melissa Felteau, MAdED at the World Congress in Brain Injury, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 2012.

Co-authored/investigated by Dr. Rolf Gainer, PhD, Rehabilitation Institutes of America, USA and Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute of Ontario, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Gainer is a co-investigator of a randomized, controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for treating depression in a traumatic brain injury population.

Co-authored/investigated by Shawn Marshall, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Medical Director, Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Center, Ottawa, Canada.

The New Normal – 2012 Iowa BIA Conference Presentation (5.51 Mb ) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D.

A Little Bit of Kramer in All of Us: Social Skills Training Using Sitcoms (276 Kb) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D., and Dan Harren, B.A. (Hon)

Attention and Memory Deficits in TBI Patients (184 Kb)

Brain and Memory (2.24 Mb) Presented by Pamela Washbourne, MS, CCC-SLP

Brain Injury and Behavior (361 Kb) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D.

Counseling and Brain Injury: A Post Rehab Support View / (word doc layout) (171 Kb) Presented by Ron Broughton, MEd, LPC, CBIS, Chief Clinical Officer — Brookhaven Hospital presented at the 2013 Santa Clara Valley Brain Injury Conference.

Counseling and Brain Injury: A Post Rehab Support View / (powerpoint layout) (2.07 Mb) Presented by Ron Broughton, MEd, LPC, CBIS, Chief Clinical Officer — Brookhaven Hospital presented at the 2013 Santa Clara Valley Brain Injury Conference.

Did Travis Bickle Have a Brain Injury? Assessing the potential for violence in individuals with TBI (4.77 Mb) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D. October 2012

Dynamics of Attention (127 Kb)

Guidelines for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Persistent Symptoms provided by Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (6.84 MB)

Incidence and Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for the Military (650 Kb) Presented by Deborah L. Warden, M.D., National Director of Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, at the Armed Forced Epidemiological Board in San Diego, Cal, Nov. 2004

Is Punishment Necessary in Brain Injury Rehabilitation? (1.27 Mb)Presented by Terry J. Page, Ph.D., BCBA at the 13th Annual Conference on Neurobehavioral Rehabilitation in Acquired Brain Injury in Hamilton, Ontario, May 2006

Living in the Community Following a Traumatic Brain Injury (0.2 Mb)
Presented at the 2004 Brain Injury Association of Iowa Conference and at the South Dakota Brain Injury Association Support Group, April 2004

Maintaining Intimacy After a Traumatic Brain Injury(0.3 Mb)
Presented at the 2004 Brain Injury Association of Iowa Conference

Neural Bases of Memory (387 Kb)

Neuroscience of Memory (3.2 Kb)
Presented by Pamela Washbourne at the 2006 Colorado Brain Injury Association Conference.

NRI Overview (0.8 Mb)

Psychiatric Issues in Traumatic Brain Injuries(2.7 Mb)

Rehab Outside the Box: Lifespan Considerations for Individuals with Brain Injury (10.2 Kb) Presented by Dr. Rolf Gainer at the ABI Network Conference 2006 and Brookhaven Hospital.

Sex and the Single Synapse (7.9 Kb)
Presented by Dr. Rolf Gainer and Mike Mason at the 2006 Southwest Conference for Disabilities.

Shaken, not Stirred (845 Kb) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D., Diplomate ABDA

Social Role Return Following Brain Injury (3.30 Mb) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D., at the 2008 Zarrow Symposium

Substance Abuse Issues after Traumatic Brain Injury (222 Kb)Educational Brochure from the Brain Injury Association of America

Suicide Attempts Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Identifying and Managing Risks (400 Kb) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D. at Brookhaven Hospital, April 2008

The Double-Whammy: Managing Brian Injury & Severe Mental Illness after
Rehabilitation (134 Kb) Presented by Rolf Gainer, PhD, at Brookhaven’s Professional Luncheon, 3-02-11

The End of Caring: Understanding the Dynamic of Failure in Rehab(425 Kb) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D., Diplomate ABDA

The Graying of Brain Injury: Aging and Lifespan Issues (3.45 Mb)
Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D. at the 2007 Southwest Conference on Disability

The Lifespan: Social Role Return Following Brain Injury (357 Kb)Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D., Diplomate ABDA

Tracer Methodology (1.18 Mb) a Resource of the Joint Commission

What Happens When Rehabilitation Ends? Social Role Issues Ten Years Later(0.9 Mb) Presented at the 2004 Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council Conference

When Attempted Suicide is the Cause of Brain Injury: Implications for Rehabilitation (827 Kb) Presented by Rolf B. Gainer, Ph.D., Diplomate ABDA

Links:

For more information about traumatic brain injuries and related topics, please click on the informative links below:

Brookhaven Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma – http://www.brookhavenhospital.com
Rader Programs, Oxnard, California – http://www.raderprograms.com
Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute of Ontario, Canada – http://www.nrio.com

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), also known as intracranial injury, is commonly caused by vehicle accidents, bad falls and violence. A TBI occurs when there is an external blow to the brain. Brain injuries are often classified by severity – mild, moderate or severe. Diagnosis of all head injuries should be done by a trained medical professional as soon as warning signs or symptoms appear. TBI patients experience complications from memory loss and sleep deprivation to internal hemorrhaging and possibly death. With early treatment for traumatic and severe brain injuries, the future quality of life can be improved.

Brain injuries often have a wide array of both physical and psychological effects. Additionally many TBI symptoms have a delayed onset, which makes diagnosis significantly more difficult. Mild brain injuries, or concussions, may include dizziness, sleep disturbances, headaches, and a loss of consciousness for a few seconds. Moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries include many of the same symptoms of less severe injuries, but usually more dramatic symptoms such as slurred speech, repeated vomiting, loss of bladder control and seizures are present.