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Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, 2002.
An examination of this phenomena -- how it is caused and how it can be prevented.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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An analysis of this childhood injury which is caused by either a piercing to the brain by a foreign object or internal injury caused by shaking or a fall or a knock. This paper looks at the causes of this condition and examines how it can be prevented. It then proceeds to examine different forms of TBI and looks at the symptoms. Medical management is presented as well as current treatments and breakthroughs.
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"Definition, Age of Onset and Prevalence. Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an acquired injury to a child's brain, either open or closed. An open TBI results from a piercing of the brain, such as by a gunshot or another object, while a closed TBI, the more common, involves and results from the fast, sudden and strong movement of the head and shaking of the brain which stretches or cuts the nerve fibers in the different parts of the brain (Kraus JF). Pediatric TBI is the leading cause of death and disability among children between 1 and 14 years old. It was also reported that emergency rooms personnel treat 600,000 children for this injury every year, and that from that number, 25,000 die and 30,000 become permanently disabled every year in the USA (Christianson and Gale 2). TBI is most frequently transportation-related (39%), due to falls (28%), to sports and other recreational forms (17%) and assault (7%)."
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Traumatic Brain Injury, 2005.
A discussion regarding traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq war.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses the history of signature wounds from various wars. According to this paper, the Iraq War has resulted in a large number of traumatic brain injuries. This paper goes on to discuss the causes and nature of this injury.
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"In every war, historians recognize that there will probably be at least one signature wound that will characterize that war for posterity. Incidences of radiation sickness from the atomic bomb will forever distinguish World War II. The Vietnam War still lives on in highlighting the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. The current Iraq War will be no different. In fact, military doctors are already aware of the signature wound of this conflict, one that is slowly dawning in the public eye. For a variety of reasons--including protective armor and enemy tactics--traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are emerging as one of the most devastating and widespread injuries among U.S. casualties of the Iraq War. Traumatic brain injury has a number of causes. However, the nature of the wound and its effects are well documented."
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognitive Rehabilitation, 2002.
Research to determine how effective cognitive rehabilitation is as therapy for TBI (traumatic brain injury).
10,988 words (approx. 44.0 pages), 57 sources, APA, $ 217.95
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a principal cause of death and disability in young adults with consequences ranging from physical disabilities to long-term cognitive, behavioral and social disorders. Cognitive rehabilitation is a term used to refer to that branch of rehabilitation aimed at patients who are disabled primarily as a result of impairments in memory, judgment and other cognitive functions. This paper critically explores existing literature regarding cognitive rehabilitation for treatment of TBI patients to determine what types of cognitive rehabilitation are used, what the strengths and weaknesses of these types are and whether or not there are specific cognitive impairments that are more amenable to cognitive rehabilitation.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Background of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Significance of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Research Questions
Definition of Terms
Limitations of the Study
Review of Literature
Overview of TBI
Cognitive Impairments: Conditions Linked to TBI
Costs of Cognitive Rehabilitation for TBI
Cognitive Rehabilitation: Strategies and Practices
Variables Influencing Cognitive Rehabilitation Outcomes
Conclusions to the Chapter
Research Design
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Inclusion Criteria
Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy Rehabilitation
Holistic/Home-Based Therapy Studies
Computer-Assisted/Virtual Reality Studies
Research Questions and Hypothesis
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"Whitlock and Hamilton (1995) suggest, however, that even the most severely brain damaged patient can recover cognitive functioning to a remarkable degree if admitted to an acute rehabilitation program as early as possible after the initial injury. Age, severity of injury, pre-TBI educational and/or functional level, and type of treatment provided were among the most significant variables influencing outcome. Several other studies of a similar nature - i.e., Katz and Alexander (1994), Lubusko, Moore, and Stambrook (1994), and Carney, Chesnut, Maynard, Mann, Patterson, and Helfand (1999) - found further support for the effects of these variables on the outcome of cognitive rehabilitation."
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Occupational Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injuries, 2002.
benefits of using occupational therapy treatment with TBI clients.
3,900 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 142.95
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This sixteen-page graduate-level paper examines the benefits of using occupational therapy treatment with TBI clients. The author formulates the problem, describes the instrumentation and data collection procedures used; discusses the research design, including all variables, constants, and other attendant factors of the design; and analyzes the outcomes, probable limitations, and the significance of the study to the field of education.
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Recovery from Stroke and Brain Injury, 2006.
This paper evaluates the factors that determine one's rate of recover from brain trauma.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper explores the factors that influence recovery from stroke or brain damage. It presents the overall problems that lead to stroke and brain injury. Then it examines the relevance of the problem to nursing. Additionally, it presents a general literature review. Finally it gives the research methods, including search terms, inclusion and exclusion criteria, coding, and aggregation and synthesis of findings.
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"Along with other cardiovascular problems, strokes (cerebrovascular accidents or CVAs) have long been and will continue to occur at an alarming and almost epidemic rate in the United States of America. With such longtime factors as poor nutrition and tobacco use with current trends such as high stress and lack of exercise/sedentary habits, cardiovascular health in this country is a major concern, with strokes leading the way among the maladies and ailments that one might experience. As well, other types of brain injury that might cause many of the same injuries and debilitation as strokes are quite common. From head injuries to aneurysms, these many causes of brain damage and brain injury can leave patients with many of the same problems and obstacles to recovery that strokes can incur. In either case, healthcare professionals in any arena of the field, from emergency and intensive..."
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Brain Injury & Criminal Behavior, 1999.
Examines brain trauma as cause of aggression & crime. Use in court, clinical & psychological characteristics and drug abuse.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 11 sources, $ 79.95
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"BRAIN INJURY & CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Introduction
This research report presents information regarding brain injury and criminal behavior. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in changes in personality and aggressive behavior that leads to criminal behavior. Clinical characteristics and psychological manifestations of TBI are discussed as are effects of substance abuse on brain injury and crime.
Brain Injury & Criminal Behavior
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for the single most important cause of neurological morbidity and mortality in the United States population under the age of 40. Severe TBI results in nearly 40 percent mortality and only 30 percent to 40 percent return to normal neurological functioning after serious brain.."
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Tramuatic Brain Injuries, 2002.
Looking at how they can be caused, their effects. and treatment if necessary.
1,316 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper defined traumatic brain injury and explains that it can occur in two ways - closed head injury and penetrating head injury. The paper then looks at the kind of damage these injuries could cause and how they could affect a person's daily functioning. It then shows how, often, serious criminals suffered a serious head wound in their earlier life which causes the brain to have minimalized moral judgement.
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"What do P?le, Steve Young, Bobby Joe Long and Timothy McVeigh have in common? At one point or another, all have suffered traumatic brain injuries. P?le?s injuries were from a soccer ball and Steve Young?s injuries were from repeatedly being sacked; both were expected as professional athletes; however, Bobby Joe suffered from many serious head injuries starting from childhood but culminating with a life-threatening motorcycle accident that left him in a coma for many days. Timothy McVeigh also ?sustained three mild head injuries during his youth.? "
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Left Brain/Right Brain Differences, 1988.
Biological/psychological study of functional differences between brain's hemispheres. Discusses brain damage, perception, nervous system activity, test measurements, expression & facial emotion.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 8 sources, $ 39.95
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"This biological psychology paper will discuss left brain/ right brain differences. What is meant by left brain/right brain differences are differences between the two major hemispheres of the brain, the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere. The focus
will be on how the hemispheres differ functionally to affect psychology. A number of studies will be summarized.
II. Biological Aspects
Study of patients with damage to only one brain hemisphere is used to deduce how the right brain and left brain are different-iated. Robertson and Delis (1986) note that patients with damage to the left brain have more difficulty in visuospatial part-whole processing than do patients with damage to the right brain."
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Brain Trauma Patients and Their Families, 2008.
This paper provides an analysis of a qualitative research report: "Needs of Family Members of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury" by
A. E. Bond, C. R. L. Draeger, B. Mandleco, and M. Donnelly.
2,499 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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The paper analyzes the study "Needs of Family Members of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury," which attempts to determine the needs of brain trauma patients and their families who enter neurological ICU in need of more specific care. The paper outlines the study design, the data collection and analysis methods and evaluates the study's strengths and weaknesses. The paper points out that, although the findings from this study are limited, the study does successfully outline the principles needed to formulate a more effective and comprehensive health care experience.
Outline:
Problem
Purpose
Research Question
Study Design
Subjects and Setting
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedures
Strengths and Limitations
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"The study, "Needs of Family Members of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury," addresses to determine the needs of brain trauma patients who enter neurological ICU in need of more specific care. Traumatic brain surgery occurs in 500,000 persons each year in the United States; approximately 50,000 of these die before reaching the hospital (Bond, Draeger, Mandelco & Donnelly, 2003, p. 63)."
"According to the study, brain trauma patients normally are admitted to ICU for observation. However, 10% of those patients admitted, require immediate care, usually involving surgery or relieving pressure on the brain."
"Due to the nature of severe brain trauma, the ability for families to cope with the concept of this ailment becomes significantly more difficult. As unpredictable brain trauma injuries can be, it is even more important for medical staff to be aware of all the needs for the families and patients."
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Ankle Injury, 2006.
An overview of ankle injuries and possible preventative measures that would effectively end losing athletes due to injuries of the ankle.
3,111 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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One of the most common types of injuries occurring during sports events is that of ankle injuries. The ankle is susceptible to injury in practically every sport that exists. This paper focuses on the particular mechanisms of injury in individual sports, the imaging manifestations of ankle ligament injuries, post traumatic ankle synovitis, meniscoid lesions, soft-tissue impingement and ankle joint chondral and osteochondral lesions, with an emphasis on their clinical relevance in athletes.
Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Literature Review
Lateral Inversion Sprain
Medial Eversion Sprain
Syndesmosis Sprain
Achilles Tendon Rupture
Other Ankle Injury Classifications
Importance of the Study
Methodology
Findings and Implications of the Study
Summary & Conclusion
References
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"Athletic coaches, trainers and athletes alike know that sustaining an injury during the course of a competitive sport, or in practice is a reality that practically every athlete will deal with with varying degrees of injury experienced. Many athletes have had their athletic career vanish in a moment of an injury occurring that affects them the rest of their life, rendering them incapable to participate I the athletic career they had hoped to pursue. One of the most common types of injuries occurring during sports events is that of ankle injuries. The ankle is susceptible to injury in practically every sport that exists. "
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 2004.
This paper discusses that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects not only veterans, but also everyday people who are caught in a very traumatic event, which is outside most common experiences.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that, in laymen?s terms, PTSD is withdrawing from society and reliving an extremely traumatic situation, such as a robbery or 9/11. The author points out that victims of PTSD may not even realize that they are ill. The paper relates that, although PTSD does not require everyone to be treated, we all should be aware of the disorder and the ways to cope with it.
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"PTSD is not just a label to those veterans who had a hard time with war. This truly ugly disorder affects many people, maybe you or someone you know. Unfortunately, for years it has been misdiagnosed and classified incorrectly. According to the National Institute of Mental Health consistent and reoccurring complaints of headaches, gastrointestinal, dizziness or even chest pain are commonly overlooked and results of PTSD. However, the majority of the time PTSD is misdiagnosed as an Acute Stress Disorder."
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 2007.
This article discusses post-traumatic stress disorder and looks at advancements in fighting the disorder.
1,687 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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In this article, the writer examines the issue of post-traumatic stress disorder. The writer discusses that many soldiers from past wars suffer from mental scars from the battlefield. The writer notes that since the term post-traumatic stress disorder was brought into the forefront in 1980, and thanks to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the American Psychiatric Association, military personnel and their families are not being taught how to treat the disorder. The writer then looks at various options and therapies for fighting post-traumatic stress disorder. The writer concludes that the VA has come a long way in thirty years and that maybe in the next thirty years post-traumatic stress disorder will be a stress disorder of the past.
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"Post-traumatic stress disorder has been around ever since there was war. In the United States, post-traumatic stress disorder has made its way onto the battle field. In the Civil War it was called nervous disease, or soldiers' heart. During World War I they used the term shell shock. Then in World War II the term battle fatigue was used. In the early 1970s psychiatrists used the term post-Vietnam syndrome. In previous wars the soldiers did not know how to deal with the disease. If they sought out help at the military hospitals or the Veterans Administration, they were often turned away; the facilities were not equipped to handle this type of disorder. The soldiers would have to try to cope with their psychological disturbances on their own. They would carry this disorder on them as a badge of honor, a psychological Purple Heart."
"Since the term post-traumatic stress disorder was brought into the forefront in 1980, and thanks to the VA (now the Department of Veterans Affairs), the Department of Defense, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and the American Psychiatric Association they are informing military personnel, and their families how to treat the disorder."
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 2008.
An outline of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its treatment.
1,884 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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The paper discusses the causes and effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as its treatment. The paper explains that this disorder results from a chemical imbalance in the brain and not merely from a traumatic experience.
Outline:
Introduction
Effects and Causes
Treatment
Conclusion
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"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that can develop after a terrifying event, where physical harm occurred. Some traumatic events may consist of violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat. The cause of post-traumatic stress disorder is unclear, however it is believed that chemicals or hormones released during a traumatic situation may cause long-term changes in the structures and functions of the brain."
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Child Abuse Among Salvadoran Immigrants, 2002.
An inquiry into Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and child abuse among Salvadoran immigrants and the after-effects of war.
7,597 words (approx. 30.4 pages), 103 sources, MLA, $ 166.95
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This study explores the presence of psychosocial stress and post-traumatic stress disorder among Salvadoran immigrants and its effects on physical child abuse. Psychosocial stress is measured using the Hispanic Stress Inventory, which is comprised of five subscales: occupational/economic stress, parental stress, marital stress, immigration stress, and family/culture stress. Post-traumatic stress disorder is measured using The Civilian Mississippi Scale of PTSD. The results on Post-traumatic stress disorder and child abuse indicates no significant differences between abusive and non-abusive parents.
Further personal testimonial accounts on the effects of immigration are also explored.
Table of Contents:
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Contributing Factors for Child Abuse
Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM AND HYPOTHESES
METHODS
Participants
Instruments
Definition of Variables
Procedure
RESULTS
Demographic Profile
Hispanic Stress Inventory
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Participant Memories
DISCUSSION
Summary
Conclusions
Recommendations
REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1
Demographic Questionnaire (English)
Demographic Questionnaire (Spanish)
APPENDIX 2
The Hispanic Stress Inventory (English)
The Hispanic Stress Inventory (Spanish)
APPENDIX 3
The Civilian Mississippi Scale for PTSD (English)
The Civilian Mississippi Scale for PTSD (Spanish)
APPENDIX 4
Qualitative Interview Protocol (English)
Qualitative Interview Protocol (Spanish)
From the Paper
"Recent upheavals in war-torn El Salvador and Guatemala and the depressed economy in Mexico have driven thousands of refugees from their home countries. A vast number of these families have immigrated to the United States, bearing the scars of war and economic hardships. Consequently, many of these present-day immigrants are currently suffering from emotional and psychological problems. Often these problems are the primary root of daily stresses and social problems, which have lead to difficulties in social adjustments."
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