mother is a member of an advisory committee for Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research, or SOAR. Compared with brain injury research being done on athletes, the research involving people who have suffered similar injuries from intimate partner violence is in its infancy, said van Donkelaar. The SOAR team is assessing women to determine how many may have sustained traumatic brain injuries and the extent to which their symptoms overlap with sports-related concussions. “Each of those experiences absolutely have the potential to cause some form of brain injury, similar to what you would see in many collision sports like football or hockey,” he said. People with brain injuries often need a range of support services, said Mason, from counselling and parenting help to occupational therapy.

Source: National Post December 08, 2019 09:00 UTC