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Exploring The Relationship Between Traumatic Brain Injury And Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: A Review, Alayna Nelson
Exploring The Relationship Between Traumatic Brain Injury And Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: A Review, Alayna Nelson
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020), traumatic brain injury (TBI) is considered a major public health problem in the United States. Each year, 2.53 million Americans, including 812,000 children, document a TBI-related emergency room visit (CDC, 2020). TBI is a disruption in the brain’s normal function, caused by a bump or blow to the head or by penetrating head injury (CDC, 2020). These injuries range in severity and can cause damage to one or multiple areas of the brain (Oleksii et al., 2019). Mild TBI, often used synonymously with concussion, comprises more than 90% of TBI …
Incorporating Adverse Childhood Experiences In Medical Student Trauma-Informed Training, Mary Catherine Minke
Incorporating Adverse Childhood Experiences In Medical Student Trauma-Informed Training, Mary Catherine Minke
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One of the emerging fields in public health has become how behavior and personal experiences shape the health experience. Particularly, there is interest in understanding how the environment that one lives in changes one’s biology, causing disease, and how interventions can combat this change. A 1998 study conducted by the CDC and Kaiser Health first characterized negative household environments that suffered from dysfunction or abuse and showed how this could be a leading cause of death in adults (Vincent, et al., 1998). Researchers termed these Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Since that time, additional studies have found that those who suffered …