Author: dawncorbelli

Wouldn’t it be a wonderful blessing if you could help your loved one or have help for your own symptoms of brain injury? OF COURSE, IT WOULD!! Well, from our psychiatrist we were offered a treatment called MeRT for Veronica. After 15 years of living with her brain injury, it has changed her life. It… Continue reading New Cutting Edge Treatment for Brain Injuries

I, like so many other brain injured people, have a pretty serious case of anomic aphasia. This is a disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language. It causes difficulty in naming objects even though one knows what the object is and what it may be used for.… Continue reading Broken Crayons Still Color  

Along with our changing personalities after a brain injury, our relationships with others change as well. When one sustains a brain injury and the neurons in their brain are torn, twisted, or sheared, they have the ability to rewire themselves. This process is known as neuroplasticity. Neurons reroute themselves around where the damage has been… Continue reading Changing Relationships

We all wonder why our brain injured loved one or even ourselves having a brain injury end up with personality changes after a brain injury. Personality changes can originate from three sources following a brain injury: Specific physiological changes in the brain, which affect how it takes in, processes, and perceives information. Emotional reactions (a… Continue reading Personality Changes After Brain Injury

Have you ever wondered why neuropsychological testing is important? Did you know it is used on people for many reasons? Neuropsychological assessment is a performance-based method to assess cognitive (thinking/mental) consequences of brain damage, brain disease, and severe mental illness. Resource: Clinical Applications of neuropsychological assessment https://www.ncbi.nih.gov>pmc Neuropsychology joins the medical fields of: -Neurology- the… Continue reading Neuropsychological Testing