tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83489260108595243852024-03-13T19:34:29.555-07:00Catmeow Traumatic Brain Injury There are no two Brain Injuries a like. The most Important Thing is that You Are Not alone, there is Support!Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.comBlogger14953125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-81348402419524308362020-09-28T18:14:00.001-07:002020-09-28T18:14:23.732-07:00Ten Years Out - PTSD Recovery Progress | David's Traumatic Brain Injury Blog<a href="http://surviving-brain-injury.blogspot.com/2020/09/ten-years-out-ptsd-recovery-progress.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ABrainInjurySurvivorStory+%28A+Brain+Injury+Survivor+Story%21%29">Ten Years Out - PTSD Recovery Progress | David's Traumatic Brain Injury Blog</a>Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-26740184137834253162020-08-05T10:23:00.001-07:002020-08-05T10:23:27.318-07:00How social distancing has changed shopping for brain injury survivors<a href="https://www.cfglaw.co.uk/blog/how-social-distancing-has-changed-shopping-for-brain-injury-survivors">How social distancing has changed shopping for brain injury survivors</a>Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-52105855831528409332020-06-21T21:12:00.001-07:002020-06-21T21:12:59.661-07:00Another Fork in the Road: Ken Collins - Survivor of Brain Injury 06/21 by Brain Injury Radio | Education<a href="https://www.blogtalkradio.com/braininjuryradio/2020/06/22/another-fork-in-the-road-ken-collins--survivor-of-brain-injury">Another Fork in the Road: Ken Collins - Survivor of Brain Injury 06/21 by Brain Injury Radio | Education</a>Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-20810061590837267442020-06-12T11:18:00.001-07:002020-06-12T11:18:30.687-07:00Lawyer Says Buffalo Protester Pushed by Cops Has Brain Injury | PEOPLE.com<a href="https://people.com/crime/buffalo-protester-pushed-down-by-police-has-brain-injury/?utm_medium=browser&utm_source=people.com&utm_content=20200612&utm_campaign=567102">Lawyer Says Buffalo Protester Pushed by Cops Has Brain Injury | PEOPLE.com</a>Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-15086748239320499752020-06-08T19:18:00.001-07:002020-06-08T19:18:10.347-07:00Diary of a Concussion<a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/diary-of-a-concussion?utm_source=pocket-newtab">Diary of a Concussion</a>Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-71973467589747913572020-04-27T21:56:00.001-07:002020-04-27T21:56:29.289-07:00Frontiers | Neurobehavioral Abnormalities Associated with Executive Dysfunction after Traumatic Brain Injury | Behavioral Neuroscience<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00195/full">Frontiers | Neurobehavioral Abnormalities Associated with Executive Dysfunction after Traumatic Brain Injury | Behavioral Neuroscience</a>: Objective: This article will address how anomalies of executive function after traumatic brain injury (TBI) can translate into altered social behavior that has an impact on a person’s capacity to live safely and independently in the community.Method: Review of literature on executive and neurobehavioral function linked to cognitive ageing in neurologically healthy populations and late neurocognitive effects of serious TBI. Information was collated from internet searches involving MEDLINE, PubMed, PyscINFO and Google Scholar as well as the authors’ own catalogs.Conclusions: The conventional distinction between cognitive and emotional-behavioral sequelae of TBI is shown to be superficial in the light of increasing evidence that executive skills are critical for integrating and appraising environmental events in terms of cognitive, emotional and social significance. This is undertaken through multiple fronto-subcortical pathways within which it is possible to identify a predominantly dorsolateral network that subserves executive control of attention and cognition (so-called cold executive processes) and orbito-frontal/ventro-medial pathways that underpin the hot executive skills thatTammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-253800455967444642020-03-20T07:59:00.001-07:002020-03-20T07:59:04.841-07:00Rebecca Solnit on Hope in Dark Times<a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/rebecca-solnit-on-hope-in-dark-times-resisting-the-defeatism-of-easy-despair-and-what-victory-really?utm_source=pocket-newtab">Rebecca Solnit on Hope in Dark Times</a>: Thoughts on resisting the defeatism of easy despair, and what victory really means for movements of social change.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-16815908936687098942020-03-12T20:45:00.001-07:002020-03-12T20:45:08.956-07:00Lack of awareness often leaves traumatic brain injuries unreported in domestic violence survivors | News | wnem.com<a href="https://www.wnem.com/news/lack-of-awareness-often-leaves-traumatic-brain-injuries-unreported-in/article_b13ead52-5844-11ea-b83b-e7b6e1c7a48e.html?fbclid=IwAR1eKn40Zbf7tL62_1kkONm9suU25CVxE4mx78WVMVdSGip1thOxq7yd_Uw">Lack of awareness often leaves traumatic brain injuries unreported in domestic violence survivors | News | wnem.com</a>: “It could be anybody. Anybody could be experiencing domestic violence behind the scenes,” Wendy Johnson said.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-66892070425855848252020-03-12T19:39:00.001-07:002020-03-12T19:39:04.980-07:00MSKTC Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems: TBI Model Systems Researchers Planned and Participate in the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) 15th Annual Conference (ABI2020)<a href="http://msktctbi.blogspot.com/2020/03/tbi-model-systems-researchers-planned.html">MSKTC Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems: TBI Model Systems Researchers Planned and Participate in the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) 15th Annual Conference (ABI2020)</a>: TBI Model Systems researchers have been critical in the planning of and many will present at the North American Brain Injury Society (NA...Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-67771427793479087182020-03-10T12:53:00.001-07:002020-03-10T12:53:42.732-07:00Brain Injury Stories - United States Brain Injury Alliance<a href="https://usbia.org/brain-injury-stories/?fbclid=IwAR3Lodc5ld-TOcWEi-3rNflJwR-pqQzBpIneX5IyyGF3XlnCCJOVoy8VmAY">Brain Injury Stories - United States Brain Injury Alliance</a>: The United States Brain Injury Alliance (USBIA) and it's members are united in a common mission to engage the community in preventing brain injury and improving lives.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-39860826001534252432020-03-10T12:10:00.001-07:002020-03-10T12:10:31.002-07:00"I'm Really Not Rude or Self-Absorbed; It's the Brain Injury" | BrainLine<a href="https://www.brainline.org/blog/adam-ease/im-really-not-rude-or-self-absorbed-its-brain-injury?fbclid=IwAR36p-TtbhkNF6NwZ6tjfIhPwh1As84f4nzCsgZ2hrjpD13MckieFBLtQsQ">"I'm Really Not Rude or Self-Absorbed; It's the Brain Injury" | BrainLine</a>: Adam knows from his experiences as well as those of most of his friends with TBI that social situations can be difficult. Sometimes they know they can come off as "rude or self-absorbed" but that way of being, or seeming, is more a function of cognitive dysfunction.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-48718102836845791062020-03-08T20:12:00.001-07:002020-03-08T20:12:38.671-07:00Collateral damage: Families of soldiers with PTSD struggle after Veterans Affairs counselling cut | CBC News<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans-affairs-therapy-ptsd-1.5480330?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR2uRzfz9mEhgpTBUdqKNY1vYVeBoZs9si-8AMp6EeY6GyLl2LMm-wxWCdE">Collateral damage: Families of soldiers with PTSD struggle after Veterans Affairs counselling cut | CBC News</a>: Some family members of veterans suffering from mental health issues linked to their service say the federal government is cutting off their own publicly funded therapy - and seems unwilling to admit it.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-24498063553230606392020-02-24T10:34:00.001-08:002020-02-24T10:34:43.875-08:00Study finds half of homeless have a traumatic brain injury | KOMO<a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/study-finds-half-of-homeless-have-a-traumatic-brain-injury?fbclid=IwAR1ZhJl5CkXPyT4vmFFNZ-gmARZhq8U4cigfHTVj1c0WbQ0tuytGo-D2Beg">Study finds half of homeless have a traumatic brain injury | KOMO</a>: A serious health problem is running rampant in the homeless population, but it's not a contagious virus or an issue with drugs. A stunning number of people experiencing homelessness have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Health experts believe managing those TBI's could be key to helping people get off the streets. After being homeless for nearly a year, Derrick Edwards now has a place of his own.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-62008765246214587472020-02-11T13:23:00.001-08:002020-02-11T13:23:36.215-08:00Trump says he won't be changing his mind on troop brain injuries - Business Insider<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-wont-change-his-mind-on-troop-brain-injuries-2020-2?fbclid=IwAR04FfHxrHZ5foI0Os_GfnNbx3DVLYru4SiFgdixcn0QFC1SvMsyZ4s-JqM">Trump says he won't be changing his mind on troop brain injuries - Business Insider</a>: A leading veteran's group demanded that Trump apologize for diminishing the traumatic brain injuries suffered by US troops.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-73263476528308138352020-02-06T13:24:00.001-08:002020-02-06T13:24:49.137-08:00Suicide Is Top Cause of Deaths Tied to Traumatic Brain Injury | Healthiest Communities | US News<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury?src=usn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1FXlUbUnY65jZs_7te7hXaaR5OitUW6VGTgvPmU3HfJvhnoBb70mJXFZg">Suicide Is Top Cause of Deaths Tied to Traumatic Brain Injury | Healthiest Communities | US News</a>: Suicides surpassed car crashes as the top cause of TBI-related deaths in recent years, a new study shows.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-21391168071356168382020-02-05T17:12:00.001-08:002020-02-05T17:12:47.329-08:00The Lies We Tell About Soldiers’ Traumatic Brain Injuries | The New Republic<a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/156366/lies-tell-soldiers-traumatic-brain-injuries?utm_content=buffer2633c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3iY5VOJ0NnDBE1XNpP6Z5iRtvGwwrWLMt7G3yZLKw-no_FQq9VIhQ9ezI">The Lies We Tell About Soldiers’ Traumatic Brain Injuries | The New Republic</a>: A combat veteran on what Trump doesn't understand about the "invisible wounds" suffered by soldiers in the Iranian attackTammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-6941102016664933852020-02-01T10:21:00.001-08:002020-02-01T10:21:35.541-08:00(5) Recovery from Brain Injury Occurs for the Rest of a Person's Life - YouTube<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IkPak6bmU&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1FFBM_YxpWlrBw4E7DqSV0s6MdmIgfzoCG3NSBqsMJqq7EANOO0OP8eko">(5) Recovery from Brain Injury Occurs for the Rest of a Person's Life - YouTube</a>: Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-59772399108120624392020-01-31T19:36:00.001-08:002020-01-31T19:36:29.404-08:0014 more U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries - CBS News<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/14-more-u-s-troops-diagnosed-with-brain-injuries-following-iranian-missile-attack/?fbclid=IwAR3LtF7BCfoX0WddlMhpD06BFkdxUJduvm7oKcCIUZZDhyM5YWlBUnvIG9s">14 more U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries - CBS News</a>: The update marks the fourth time in almost a month that the official injury toll has increased.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-79136525942574948552020-01-30T14:44:00.001-08:002020-01-30T14:44:02.457-08:00Veterans of Foreign Wars demands apology from Trump for downplaying brain injuries from Iranian attack - CNNPolitics<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/25/politics/trump-vfw-traumatic-brain-injuries/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3JJzPWoy0RlSvhiJj1S1NkUdyTYmuZmrHD2ktUxSUR3DSZX5ahB2R7qAk">Veterans of Foreign Wars demands apology from Trump for downplaying brain injuries from Iranian attack - CNNPolitics</a>Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-79807733298497128352020-01-29T13:46:00.001-08:002020-01-29T13:46:22.289-08:0050 US troops diagnosed with TBI after Iranian attack - Business Insider<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tbi-cases-us-troops-iran-attack-at-iraq-base-2020-1?fbclid=IwAR2JpHadsPNoAejF3R718BIv97P_QZRlcflhWl8G0s1j5266k3KsRIYBdw8">50 US troops diagnosed with TBI after Iranian attack - Business Insider</a>: "I heard that they had headaches, and a couple of other things," Trump previously said. "But I would say, and I can report, it's not very serious."Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-32505845829438104272020-01-24T16:08:00.001-08:002020-01-24T16:08:38.903-08:00How Treating People With Brain Injuries Helped Me Forgive My Mother<a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-treating-people-with-brain-injuries-helped-me-forgive-my-mother?utm_source=pocket-newtab">How Treating People With Brain Injuries Helped Me Forgive My Mother</a>: After a lifetime of resentment, working with other T.B.I. patients finally helped me understand the riddle that is my mother's mind.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-74841294725395887662020-01-23T07:32:00.001-08:002020-01-23T07:32:46.739-08:00Trump says he doesn’t consider brain injuries sustained by US troops during Iran missile barrage ‘serious’<a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/01/22/trump-says-he-doesnt-consider-brain-injuries-sustained-by-us-troops-after-iran-missile-barrage-serious/?fbclid=IwAR2gNhkRYJWOciSpkgynl-982yzgcqbSlfl_5YqUancFfDp4fxS2q0Gvv84">Trump says he doesn’t consider brain injuries sustained by US troops during Iran missile barrage ‘serious’</a>: Trump told a reporter that, compared to amputated limbs, he didn't consider traumatic brain injury serious.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-23435198373426126952020-01-22T10:02:00.001-08:002020-01-22T10:02:03.381-08:00BIAA Responds to Trump's Statement About Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury<a href="https://www.biausa.org/public-affairs/public-awareness/news/biaa-responds-to-trumps-disregard-for-service-members-with-traumatic-brain-injury?fbclid=IwAR3yPrR62088RJ0P5fYyp18qLnphgukHekUx9mf_mjwrTfPty3cwyWestvQ">BIAA Responds to Trump's Statement About Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury</a>: Vienna, Va. – President Donald J. Trump minimized the severity of traumatic brain injuries sustained by U.S. service members during Iranian missile strikes, describing them as “headaches and a couple of other things” and asserting that brain injuries were “not very serious” compared to other injuries sustained in war. President Trump held a press conference Jan. 22 on his last day in Davos, Switzerland, at which a journalist pressed him about the 11 service members who were evacuated from Iraq to Kuwait and Germany with evidence of concussion and other traumatic brain injury (TBI). When asked if he thought TBIs were serious injuries, Trump responded, “No, I don’t consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries that I’ve seen. I’ve seen what Iran has done with their roadside bombs to our troops. I’ve seen people with no legs and with no arms. I’ve seen people that were horribly, horribly injured in that area, that war.”TBI is defined as an alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force. “A brain injury changes the way you move, act, think, and feel – it has the potential to change who you are at your core. What could be mTammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-53996814950287835852020-01-02T19:41:00.001-08:002020-01-02T19:41:00.517-08:00'I’m one of 33 known cases in the world’: man suffers traumatic brain injury, discovers incredible talent<a href="https://www.wect.com/2020/01/02/im-one-known-cases-world-man-suffers-traumatic-brain-injury-discovers-incredible-talent/?fbclid=IwAR37diK5Al2PVjnMQuQWY0PiGmJx3VZT1clXN1JGsx8hjHOnGiFUIeda-mU">'I’m one of 33 known cases in the world’: man suffers traumatic brain injury, discovers incredible talent</a>: A horrific car crash changed a man’s life, leaving him with severe trauma and an incredible gift.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348926010859524385.post-73089063746606165362020-01-02T18:50:00.001-08:002020-01-02T18:50:27.917-08:00Traumatic Brain Injury After-Effects Show Up in Adults | Psychology Today<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/health-matters/201910/traumatic-brain-injury-after-effects-show-in-adults?fbclid=IwAR1UAERhWv4XzUA9CnHQdMYrCHBt-LqH96VafFrR3PpSuoPG7m3hdYdxN40">Traumatic Brain Injury After-Effects Show Up in Adults | Psychology Today</a>: TBI may cause of cognitive, mood, energy, motor, and coordination problems.Tammi Diazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.com0