I'd like to welcome everybody to today's presentation on traumatic brain injury, causes, consequences, and interventions. I'm your host, Dr. Donnellese Snipes.

The PDF of the PowerPoint is available in the CEU class on traumatic brain injury at all CEUs.com. And more information can be found

by asking my AI if you go to doc snipes.com slash clones. I didn't even write my own

web address right. Oh well. Objectives. Today we're going to learn about causes of TBI and their consequences and interventions.

We're going to touch on concussion and post-concussion syndrome, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, stroke, anoxic brain injuries that happen when you're not getting enough oxygen, you stop breathing, toxic brain injuries,

and aneurysms. Clinicians, those of us who are mental health clinicians, social workers,

non-prescribers, non-medical people. It's important to recognize how many of the symptoms for

these various traumatic brain injuries

overlap with symptoms of mental health issues.

And yes, TBI and disability adjustment and coping with the symptoms of TBI can cause anxiety,

depression, grief, that sort of stuff.

And we want to acknowledge and not miss potentially diagnosing an undiagnosed TBI

if somebody suddenly starts having particular symptoms.

We cannot fix a TBI.

A neurologist may be able to help, but a lot of times these TBIs, they are what they are.

And we're hoping to create a situation in which the body and brain can heal themselves.

We can help people reduce stress and stress-related inflammation to promote neurogenesis and

help them develop tools to live their most highest quality of life even with symptoms that

they may have temporarily or permanently.

The brain is kind of like the motherboard, the RAM, and the storage on a computer.

You've just got everything up here in this case. When the brain is injured, it can short circuit

the motherboard, so things don't, their communication doesn't go out at all. Or it can fry the RAM, the short-term memory, or one or more

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