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• Spinal Cord Injury Projects
• Traumatic Brain Injury Projects
  • Assessment & Intervention for Mild TBI
  • Can Eye Movements Predict Persistent Problems in Paediatric Mild TBI?
  • Cognitive Neuroscience of Maladaptive Behaviours in Adolescents with Traumatic Brain Injury
  • DECRA Trial (DECompressive CRAniectomy Trial)
  • Enhancing Neurogenesis Post -TBI
  • Fluid Resuscitation in TBI
  • Headstart: Multi-family Groups for Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Hypothermia in Childhood TBI (HiTBIC)
  • Improving the functional communication ability of adults with TBI
  • In Vivo Hippocampal Studies in Rats
  • Long term consequences of childhood head injury - 15 year follow-up
  • Measuring the Impact of TBI on People's Lives
  • Mobility Following Childhood TBI
  • New Treatments for Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Neural Basis of Communication Disorder in Children
  • Neurotrauma Tissue/Fluid Bank
  • Normoglycaemia in Intensive Care Traumatic Brain Injury Study (NICE-TBI)
  • Preventing Neuronal Cell Death Following Brain Trauma
  • Prevention and Treatment of Social Problems Following TBI
  • Rehabilitation of Attention Following TBI
  • Role of Tissue Type Plasminogen Activator
  • TBI in Older Adults
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Treatment in Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Traumatic Hypoxia and Cerebral Inflammation
  • Virtual Reality and Upper Limb Function Following TBI in Children
• Targeted Initiatives
• Completed TBI and SCI Projects
• Program Grants

Prevention and Treatment of Social Problems Following TBI

Prevention and Treatment of Social Problems Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Children and Adolescents

Chief Investigator: Professor Vicki Anderson
Associate Investigators: Dr Cathy Catroppa, Professor Keith Yeates
Lead Organisation: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
VNI Funding: $1,295,135
Project Start Date: 01-Jul-07

Project Summary:
This research program aims to investigate the impact of childhood TBI on social functions, over two years post-injury. The assumption is that such problems (e.g., poor peer interaction, limited understanding of social rules and consequences, loneliness, social withdrawal) are due to a combination of neurologic and psychosocial factors, with the most promising opportunity for intervention being the psychosocial domain. This program, which will involve a sample of children with TBI and healthy children, is an extension of previous work and will employ a theoretical and multidisciplinary framework. The program aims to: 1) using a prospective, longitudinal design, evaluate social function in children post-TBI and follow recovery of these skills over two years post-injury; and 2) identify predictors of social impairment (injury, cognitive, psychosocial factors).