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Q1) How do Traumatic Brain Injuries occur?
A) The figures show that road traffic accidents account for 40-50% of injuries, accidents at home and work account for 20-30%, with sports related accidents between 10-15% and violent assault 10%.
Q2 Who is most at risk of Traumatic Brain Injuries?
A) According to the British Crime Survey, men and women aged between 16 and 24 are more than twice as likely to become a victim of violent crime.
Men have a 20% higher relative risk of all workplace accidents compared to women. Young men aged between 16 and 24 have a higher risk of workplace injury than older workers but a lower risk of fatal injury.
Q3) What changes can a Traumatic Brain Injury cause?
A) Commonly reported difficulties include:
Cognitive abilities: including capacity to plan, prioritise, concentrate, use reasoning skills and problem solve etc.
Communication: language and processing skills, active listening, accessing words from memory etc.
Emotional and Behavioural: diminished insight, instability and irritability, socially inappropriate and impulsive behaviour, lack of emotional response, anxiety and anger, sense of isolation etc.
The impact of brain injury is dependant upon the area/s and severity of damage, and these affect each person differently.
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