This category contains information about traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a nondegenerative, noncongenital abuse to the brain from an external mechanical force. This may possibly lead to permanent or temporary impairments of cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functions with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. Sufferers may experience head injury, brain injury, head trauma, brain concussion, brain contusion, subdural hematoma, epidural hematoma, skull fractures, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or intracerebral hemorrhage.
The term, “brain injury” is often used synonymously with “head injury”, which may not be associated with neurological deficits. Head injury is any alteration in mental or physical functioning related to a blow to the head. Sufferers may experience coma, concussion, head trauma, intracranial bleed, loss of consciousness, neuroprotection, skull fracture, subdural hemorrhage, or traumatic brain injury.
Cerebral Palsy definition, care, and treatment from the Mayo Clinic Updated
Ability Center of Virginia (formerly Cerebral Palsy of Virginia) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving children and adults with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. New
American Stroke Association, is a division of the American Heart Association. Their Web site has information about risk assessment, prevention, treatment, recovery, caregiving, stroke family support information, and the usual "e;other."e;
The Brain Attack Coalition. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has facilitated the activities of the BAC for over 30 years, and participates in the BAC as a non-voting member. The Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) is dedicated to improving prevention, advancing treatment, and enhancing recovery to eliminate the burden of stroke. The BAC is a group of non-profit professional, voluntary, and/or governmental agencies dedicated to setting direction, advancing knowledge, and communicating the best practices to prevent and treat stroke. BAC members as of FY2023:
American Academy of Neurology
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Society of Neuroradiology
American Stroke Association/American Heart Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Food and Drug Administration
National Association of EMS Physicians/ National Association of State EMS Officials
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
British Institute for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC) is a national charity that exists to maximise the potential of children and young people with conditions affecting their social, communication, sensory, motor, and learning abilities. [United Kingdom]
Institute for Cognitive Prosthetics provides papers and publications from their research. For example, “Computer-Based Cognitive Prosthetics: Assistive technology for the Treatment of Cognitive Disabilities” (ACM SIG/CAPH, 1998) by Elliot Cole, Ph.D. and Parto Dehdashti, Ph.D.
Neuro-Imaging Laboratories of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology – Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute at Brookhaven Hospital The Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute (NRI) offers multiple mid- and long-term programs and services for adults age 18 and older with a primary diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury or other acquired neurological problem. NRI is housed within Brookhaven Hospital, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and also consists of two transitional living centers within short distances of the hospital.
Bayshore Health Services Residential Rehab [formerly Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute of Ontario] a program to assist persons with moderate to severe brain injuries and other neurological impairments in achieving success in increasing their level of independence. [Canada]
Bayshore Healthcare Care for Seniors at Home, Patient Assistance Programs, Government Healthcare Services
For those interested in the history of psychiatry in America, see a book published by John Wiley called "The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness". As described by the author, Jack El-Hai, it is "…[the] biography of Walter Freeman, the infamous neurologist and promoter of frontal lobotomy who operated on Rosemary Kennedy in 1941." – 30 January 2005
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