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These are reprints of articles, interviews and speaking engagements, as well as links to the publications in which they originally appeared, when available.

The following is a rough guide to the topics of the articles. Many, if not most of them fit into more than one category. You are urged to look through the descriptions of articles in all categories for information relative to the knowledge you seek.

Brain Injury
Children/Youth Head Injury Prevention
Diagnosis, Research and Testing
Related Symptoms and Causes
Aftermath, Recovery, and Rehabilitation

Health Psychology
Memory
Stroke

Sports Psychology

Trauma

BRAIN INJURY

Note: The Dangers of Sports
The popularity of sports exposes a large number of people daily to the risk of brain injury. Each year in the United States there are an estimated 500,000 sport-related brain concussions. Second Impact Syndrome" (SIS) occurs when a second concussion occurs within hours, days, weeks following a prior concussion. Despite its debilitating effects, many players, parents, and coaches believe that concussion should not restrict participation from competition. From Return to Contact Sports Following Concussion, By Dan Mendonca, MEDS 2000.

Children/Youth Head Injury

New Concussion Test
Baseline test will provide basis to measure injury in young players Tuesday, February 29, 2000 By Brenden Sager, Post-Gazette Staff Writer.

National Information Center For Children And Youth With Disabilities
This is a fact sheet for those with a child who has suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Executive Summaries
School Psychology Review, Volume 28, Number 2 1999 Mini-Series: Promoting School Success In Children With Chronic Medical Conditions

Depression in Pediatric Chronic Illness
A Diathesis-Stress Model

Computer Programs Help Children Cope With Chronic Illness
Psychologists help a nonprofit group develop and test interactive tools that are fun and educational.

Videos With Attitude

Westport, Oct 05, 1999

Concussion; Playing Hard

Prevention
Watch Your Head: Helmets Protect More than What You Think
Every 15 seconds someone in the United States suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Of the 1,000,000 people treated in hospital emergency rooms each year, 50,000 die and 80,000 become permanently disabled because of TBI. Marvel of engineering that it is, the human skull is no match for the kinds of insults it faces this century.

Diagnosis, Research, and Testing

New Study Identifies Brain Centers For Attention Control

American Family Physician Assessment and Management of Concussion in Sports This article discusses issues related to the evaluation and treatment of concussion (mild traumatic brain injury - MTBI) in athletes, including the determination of when an athlete should return to play.

Related Symptoms and Causes

Aftermath, Recovery, and Rehabilitation

Helping the brain fix its own wiring

Rewiring The Damaged Brain

National Institute Of Health Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury This NIH Consensus Statement includes sections on epidemiology, consequences of TBI, and common therapeutic interventions.

Agency For Health Care Policy And Research Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury. This report discusses issues related to recovery and rehabilitation (including social, behavioral, and emotional factors). (This document is difficult to read as formatted. I suggest you select "View" Table of Contents" then use the "download mode" and follow the directions to select those sections of the report you wish to read. This material will be saved to a temporary file. When you click on the temporary file, you should be able to read your selected sections.) APA Monitor Knocking Down Societal Barriers for People with Disabilities. "Society's lack of accommodation is often the greatest obstacle to independent living."

Damaged Brains, The Outcomes Are Better And The Outlook Is Better Still Author: By Judy Foreman, Globe Staff Date: MONDAY, July 6, 1998 Page: C1 Section: Health and Science

Post-traumatic Stress Reactions Following Motor Vehicle Accidents American Family Physician. Dennis J. Butler, Ph.D., H. Steven Moffic, M.D., Nick W. Turkal, M.D. Traffic accidents are a leading cause of PTSD. The authors discuss the diagnostic criteria for PTSD, risk factors for stress disorders related to motor vehicle accidents, and evaluation, intervention, and treatment issues. American Association Of Marriage And Family Therapists

SPORTS & ATHLETES

Consensus Reached on Dealing with Concussion in Sports

NFL, NHL: team players in brain-injury diagnosis From The American Psychological Association (APA) Monitor

Steve Young - Life After the Concussion The case for Acquired Attention Deficits Bob Seay, 10/16/99

Sports-associated Recurrent Brain Injuries -- United States CDC Media Relations: Released 3/97 by the CDC Office of Communications, Division of Media Relations.

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Brain scans suggest people feel emotions through effect on body-CNN, 9/20/00.

Memory

Stroke

Brain damage real from 'silent stroke' From CNN Medical Correspondent

TRAUMA

Why Emotional Memories Of Traumatic Life Events Are So Persistent

 
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