Treatments for Emotional Issues After Traumatic Brain Injury.
Treatments for Emotional Issues After Traumatic Brain Injury.
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脑外伤后情绪问题的治疗。
DOI:
10.1097/htr.0000000000000337
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2017
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Neumann,Dawn
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Neumann,Dawn
OF the vast array of consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI), emotional deficits are among the most prevalent, persistent, and challenging to treat. However, they remain grossly understudied compared with other impairments, especially with respect to interventions. As emotional functioning is integral to well-being and quality of life, it is our obligation as rehabilitation researchers and clinicians to endeavor to narrow this gap. To enhance awareness of this void and inspire momentum needed to fill it, this Topical Issue presents empirical studies evaluating treatments for emotional deficits in people with TBI. Emotional functioning pertains to the awareness, recognition, expression, and regulation of emotions, all of which are susceptible to disruption from a TBI. The articles in this issue describe clinical trials of interventions that target emotional functioning deficits frequently observed after a TBI, including poor emotional self-awareness, impaired recognition of emotional cues from others, anger and aggression, depression, and reduced emotional and behavioral self-control. With regard to emotional rehabilitation following a TBI, each article contributes information sorely needed to advance our knowledge of different treatment approaches, offer directions for future research, and provide evidence needed to inform clinical decision-making. This Topical Issue contains the first clinical trial of a treatment option for people with TBI who have poor emotional self-awareness, a deficit known as alexithymia. It is alarming that some studies have found the incidence of alexithymia in the TBI population to be as high as 60%. 1 The significance of this deficit lies in the fact that it has been associated with poor coping skills, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, somatization, reduced empathy, low relationship satisfaction, and