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Military Traumatic Brain Injury and Rehabilitation
An interesting feature article in tomorrow's
New York Times Sunday Magazine:
The Sergeant Lost WithinBy DANIEL BERGNER
Published: May 25, 2008
"Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of them is Shurvon Phillip, and a team of specialists has worked avidly trying to reach him."
A good deal of the article deals with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC).
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Traumatic Brain Injury (tbi)
The current issue of the journal "Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation" has a six-article collection providing the so-called "INCOG Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury"Specific topics include: post-traumatic amnesia...
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Capgras Syndrome And Traumatic Brain Injury
An interesting feature article from the front page of yesterday's New York Times: After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: August 9, 2009 "Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain...
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Occupational Therapy (ot)
Today's Science Times section of The New York Times has a good feature article about the daily work of an Occupational Therapist working with patients who have sustained severe traumatic brain injuries. Link to full text of article...
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Wartime Traumatic Brain Injuries (tbis)
From the June 2007 APA Monitor: A long road back With so many service members affected by traumatic brain injuries, neuropsychologists are ramping up diagnosis and treatment By Christopher Munsey Monitor staff Print version: page 34 Traumatic brain injury...
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Privacy In The Time Of Fmri
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: Of Two Minds By JIM HOLT The New York Times Published: May 8, 2005 The human brain is mysterious -- and, in a way, that is a good thing. The less that is known about how the brain works, the more secure...
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