“…In the general population, there is some evidence that substance use increases following brain injury, but other factors, such as premorbid substance use, injury severity, and age at time of injury also affect this relationship (Ponsford et al, 2007;Pagulayan et al, 2016;Kennedy et al, 2017;Merkel et al, 2017;Shiwalkar et al, 2017;Schindler et al, 2021). Moreover, the high prevalence of IPV-related head trauma and probable brain injuries, coupled with other factors discussed above (e.g., comorbid mental health symptoms), likely increases the risk of SUD (Oliverio et al, 2020;Oakley et al, 2021).…”