Congratulations to Danielle Porter, winner of the 2019 Bressman Law Traumatic Brain Injury Scholarship. Danielle is a 20-year-old student at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio, who shared her remarkable journey of recovery in her winning essay. Danielle is one of the millions of people each year who have suffered brain trauma. In …
What are common emotional and psychological effects of traumatic brain injury?
When people consider the expenses of brain injuries, they often only consider the physical effects and the costs of medical treatment. However, the emotional and psychological effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be even further-reaching. Below, we detail common psychological and emotional effects of TBI and how you can recover compensation for them. …
University of Cincinnati Receives Grant to Study Secondary Injury in TBI Patients
The University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Neurosurgery is studying the damaging aftereffects of a traumatic brain injury, called secondary injury. This refers to the “waves of electrical disturbance,” as UC calls them, that travel through the brain after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), causing additional injury. The TBI Secondary Injury Study The Psychological Health/Traumatic …