Psychosocial and Emotional Outcomes 10 Years Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Abstract

It is important to address problems with anxiety, depression, fatigue, and alcohol use as a possible means of improving long-term psychosocial outcome following TBI.

The Glasgow Outcome Scale — 40 years of application and refinement

“…Having undergone a rigorous development process, this scale has been used, predominantly in Australian studies to date, to document outcome across separate domains form both the patient and close other perspective, and to identify predictors of outcome. It has also shown sensitivity to change in response to treatment 91 . Although it takes longer than the GOSE to administer, these features render the SPRS complementary to the GOSE in certain contexts 92 .…”

Perspective training to treat anger problems after brain injury: Two case studies

“…Emotion dysregulation manifested by increased anger /aggression is not only one of the most common consequences of acquired brain injury (ABI), but also one that has a powerful impact on survivors and their relationships with others (Baguley, 2006;Draper, Ponsford, & Schönberger, 2007;Lezak, 1987;Rao et al, 2009; R. L. Wood, Liossi, & Wood, 2005;Wood & Thomas, 2013). There are very few evidencebased studies describing treatments that effectively reduce anger / aggression after an ABI.…”

Towards a better understanding of the impact of the sequelae of TBI on the social participation of seniors

“…In a mixed research design study conducted by Dumont [2] with 53 adults below the age of 50 who sustained a TBI, fatigue was identifi ed as the most persistent and frequently mentioned sequela associated with obstacles to work, leisure and social activities. Memory problems [35] were also recognized as having a signifi cant impact on the performance of complex tasks, on the ability to read, and on the retention of information.…”

“…These four sequelae appear to be a signifi cant part of participants' experience, to a much greater extent than confusion, slowness, speech impairments, hearing problems, loss of smell, irritability. The importance of each of these four sequelae is refl ected in the scientifi c literature focused on adults with a TBI, regardless of age [2,17,19,20,[33][34][35][36][37][38]. In a mixed research design study conducted by Dumont [2] with 53 adults below the age of 50 who sustained a TBI, fatigue was identifi ed as the most persistent and frequently mentioned sequela associated with obstacles to work, leisure and social activities.…”