Substance Abuse and Traumatic Brain Injury

The September/October issue of Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation has been released.  The issue is devoted to topics covering substance abuse and traumatic brain injury. Topics include outcomes associated with intoxication, binge drinking and co-occurring disorders, as well 3 articles based on clinical trials of Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI). Civilian, active duty military and veterans populations are studied.

Here is the table of contents:

• Preface: Substance Misuse and Traumatic Brain Injury
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Intervention for Problem Alcohol Use in Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury
• Investigation of the Effectiveness of Brief Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Following Traumatic Brain Injury
• Who Responds Better? Factors Influencing a Positive Response to Brief Alcohol Interventions for Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury
• Frequent Binge Drinking After Combat-Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury Among Active Duty Military Personnel With a Past Year Combat Deployment
• The Effect of Blood Alcohol Level and Preinjury Chronic Alcohol Use on Outcome From Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Hispanics, Anglo-Caucasians, and African-Americans
• Psychiatric Diagnoses, Mental Health Utilization, High-Risk Behaviors, and Self-Directed Violence Among Veterans With Comorbid History of Traumatic Brain Injury and Substance Use Disorders

 

Comments

[Substance Abuse New York]

Overindulgence or independence on an addiction substances make people sick and they become addictive of taking those drugs. Drug addiction is really dangerous for brain. It destroys your brains cells and you have reached at the level of mental illness where your mind has not in your control.