Article 10

Use of family focused therapy in rehabilitation for veterans with traumatic brain injury.

“…In civilian populations, it is well known that TBI can have a substantial deleterious effect on family functioning (Boschen, Gargaro, Gan, Gerber, & Brandys, 2007;Perlesz, Kinsella, & Crowe, 1999). For veterans, the impact on the family of their TBI is complicated by the likelihood that they are returning to families that may have already been strained by their deployment.…”

“…While the importance of promoting healthy family functioning for improving individual outcomes in those with TBI is being increasingly recognized, there is room for additional development and investigation of evidence-based interventions targeting both family caregiver well-being and individual functioning. Furthermore, as Boschen et al (2007) note, continued development of interventions involving the family system is indicated. In the population of returning military personnel with TBI, such treatments may aid in a military personnel member's readjustment from deployment to civilian life as well as educate and facilitate adjustment to a new way of functioning after injury.…”