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Learning Objectives
1.Discuss the complex interplay of factors associated with the development of neuropsychiatric disorders following ABI.
2.Describe why persons with ABI are at increased risk for mood disorders, PTSD, and personality disorders.
Discuss how mood disorders can complicate the rehabilitation process and create additional barriers to independence and community integration.
4.Associate the importance of comprehensive post-acute rehabilitation and the role of counseling and psychotherapy in reducing the impact of neuropsychiatric and psychosocial consequences of ABI.
5.Recite evidence-based interventions to treat psychosocial consequences and neuropsychiatric disorders after brain injury.