Brain Injury and Domestic Violence: Making the Connection and Improving Care
Brain Injury and Domestic Violence: Making the Connection and Improving Care will train domestic violence shelter staff, health care providers and others who come in contact with survivors of domestic violence to screen for indicators of traumatic brain injury, including concussions, which might otherwise be mistaken for disorganization, intoxication, fatigue or other conditions. Collaborating with care providers and researchers in the state, the group is
widening the reach of its pilot program, which included 93 survivors of domestic violence with 60 percent showing indicators of possible traumatic brain injury.