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Brain injury rehab centre opens in South Australia

Monday, 15 April 2013 12:01

A $6 million facility to help brain injury patients has opened at the Repatriation General Hospital in Adelaide's south.  

View the video of this story at ABC News South Australia.

Experts Call for Research On Prevalence of Delayed Neurological Dysfunction After Head Injury

Sunday, 07 April 2013 13:56

One of the most controversial topics in neurology today is the prevalence of serious permanent brain damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Long-term studies and a search for genetic risk factors are required in order to predict an individual's risk for serious permanent brain damage, according to a review article published by Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in a special issue of Nature Reviews Neurology dedicated to TBI.

Read the full story on the ScienceDaily website.

One in two inmates has brain injury

Tuesday, 26 March 2013 07:12

Up to half of Victorian prisoners have an acquired brain injury, a consultant psychiatrist says.

Dr Danny Sullivan, assistant clinical director for the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, known as Forensicare, likened prisons to psychiatric hospitals because a significant proportion of offenders suffered a range of mental disorders, which often went undiagnosed.

Police and correctional staff now received more training on how to recognise mental disorders, had better access to mental health staff and also used national standards for evidence-based screening tests of people entering prison.

Read more on The Age website.

Updated Sports Concussion Guideline: Athletes With Suspected Concussion Should Be Removed from Play

Tuesday, 19 March 2013 20:29

With more than one million athletes now experiencing a concussion each year in the United States, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has released an evidence-based guideline for evaluating and managing athletes with concussion. This new guideline replaces the 1997 AAN guideline on the same topic.

Read more on this story at the ScienceDaily website.

Working with the Brain Injury Service, Kids Rehab

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 16:38

The Brain Injury Service operates within the Rehabilitation Department of The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

The Brain Injury Service currently cares for approximately 550 children and young people in NSW who have sustained an acquired brain injury from trauma (motor vehicle accident, fall or non-accidental injury), stroke or other disease processes such as encephalitis.  

To read the full information sheet, visit the Children's Hospital, Westmead website.