Brain injury information for professionals

• The Division of Neuropsychology (British Psychological Society)
• International Brain Injury Association
• International Neuropsychological Society

Overview

• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in prisons
• CDC factsheet

In the news

• Age of criminal responsibility is too low: in The Guardian and BBC News

Neuroscience and the law

• The Royal Society's report on Neuroscience and the Law 
• The National Academy's second Raymond and Beverly Sackler USA-UK Scientific Forum: Neuroscience and the Law
• BBC Radio 4 programme Brain Culture: Brain Science and the Law

Information useful for criminal justice professionals

• A guide for criminal justice professionals
• Screening for TBI among prisoners
• Use of seclusion and restraint on people with TBI - Webcast (US government)
• Youth offending workshops

Violence and TBI

• Head injuries linked to later violence
• Violence as a cause and consequence of TBI

Criminal Justice and Acquired Brain Injury Interest Group

The Child Brain Injury Trust has recently set up the Criminal Justice and Acquired Brain Injury Interest Group (CJABIIG), which aims to address the problems encountered when young people and adults with a brain injury find themselves in the criminal justice system.

Information

• Sports-related recurrent brain injuries (CDC)

Research

• Concussion in sports: Minimizing the risk for complications
• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Neuroimaging of sports-related concussion
• Brain function decline after concussions (.pdf)

News

Concussion in sports is beginning to be discussed in the media more frequently as players are coming forward with their own stories. 

• Australian rugby player Berrick Barnes takes indefinite break on medical advice
• American footballer Dave Duerson tragically commits suicide
• Ex-players file lawsuit against US National Football League
• International Rugby Board drafting guidelines on concussion treatment on-field
• Boxing controversy

Care guidance

• NICE guidelines for head injury
• Rehabilitation for people with TBI (pdf) (WHO)
• Standards for rehabilitation services (pdf) (British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Neurological rehabilitation (pdf) (British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Care guide for ABI post-encephalitis (pdf)

Hospital discharge advice

• Research into minor head injury discharge advice (Headway)
• Hospitals not meeting discharge advice guidelines (Headway)
• Ireland study on  minor head injury discharge information

• BPS accredited courses
• Birmingham
  • MSc/Diploma/Certificate in Brain Injury Rehabilitation –
  • MSc/Postgraduate Diploma in Brain Injury Case Management
  • MRes, Cognitive Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation
  • MRes, Brain Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience
  • ClinPsyD, Clinical Psychology Doctorate
• Cardiff
  • MSc/Diploma in Neurorehabilitation
• Glasgow
  • MSc / PgDip in Clinical Neuropsychology -
  • DClinPsy, Clinical Psychology -
  • Research areas, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology
• Institute of Psychiatry
  • MSc, Clinical Neuroscience
  • DClinPsy, Clinical Psychology
• Nottingham
  • MSc, Clinical Neuropsychology Masters
  • DClinPsy, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• UCL
  • MSc, Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology
  • MSc, Cognitive Neuroscience

Children and young people:

• Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA)
• Cerebra (.pdf)
• Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT)

Adults:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC statistics

Older adults:

• Preventing TBI in older adults (.pdf)
• Article – Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Future Implications (Hilaire et al., 2006)