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Coping with Post-TBI Emotional Distress

The focus of the two publications developed by the Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai, which are described below, is on people with a specific form of brain injury, that is, traumatic brain injury. Nevertheless, the ideas discussed are just as relevant for people who have experienced other kinds of injuries to the brain, such as occur in strokes.

The results of our research suggest that depression is 10 times more likely for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and anxiety is twice as likely for people with TBI as for people with no disability. This TBI Consumer Report focuses on steps individuals with TBI can take to alleviate depression and/or anxiety.

The aim of TBI Research Review is to summarize current research on traumatic brain injury, offer suggestions for future research planning and suggest application of research findings to clinical practice and policy. The focus in this issue was on post-TBI depression.