INS NYC 2024 Program

Custom Content	Poster Session 03 Program Schedule 02/15/2024 09:30 am - 10:40 am Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60) Poster Session 03: Neurotrauma \| Neurovascular Final Abstract #1 Poster Symposium: Summary Invisible Injuries: Screening, Assessment, and Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury in Vulnerable Populations Category: Acquired Brain Injury (TBI/Cerebrovascular Injury & Disease - Adult) Keyword 1: brain injury Keyword 2: traumatic brain injury Keyword 3: minority issues Summary Abstract: Emerging research shows that individuals from sub-populations of the community exposed to violence are at increased risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and that the prevalence of brain injuries in these groups is disproportionately high. Still, in actual practice, the detection and accurate identification of brain injury in these populations is often challenging due to substantial overlap between TBI and co-morbid mental/behavioral health symptoms. Further, individuals in these populations may face systematized and/or personal barriers that impede their access to sufficient diagnostic opportunities and injury-specific care. Subsequently, a significant number of individuals in these sub-populations live with un- or mis- diagnosed brain injury that could negatively affect their daily function. The goal of this symposium is to bring greater awareness of the unique issues surrounding the identification, assessment, and rehabilitation of brain injuries occurring in these high-risk, yet often overlooked populations. Symposium presenters will address these issues as they occur across diverse (and often intersecting) groups including survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), justice-involved individuals, and individuals who are unhoused or experiencing houselessness. Speakers addressing brain injury resulting from IPV will include Dr. Elisabeth Wilde, as well as Dr. Carrie Esopenko, who will focus on IPV-related brain injuries in transgender and gender diverse individuals who received services at a large center for gender affirming care. In the area of brain injury in justice-involved individuals, Dr. Drew Nagele will present on cognitive screening and resource facilitation as interventions for youth in the justice system who have screened positive for brain injury, while Ms. Spenser Nye will examine risks and unique outcomes associated with violence-related TBIs in justice-involved women. Speaking on yet another diverse sub-group, Ms. Ilyssa Silverman will present findings from a study examining the relationship between cognition and functional outcomes in a transdiagnostic sample of unstably housed Veterans who have a history of TBI. Finally, as the discussant, Dr. Monique Pappadis will provide a synthesis of the major themes emerging from brain injury research in vulnerable populations, as well as address critical considerations and directions for future research in this area.

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Poster Session 03 Program Schedule

02/15/2024
09:30 am - 10:40 am
Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60)

Poster Session 03: Neurotrauma | Neurovascular

Final Abstract #1

Poster Symposium: Summary

Invisible Injuries: Screening, Assessment, and Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury in Vulnerable Populations

Category: Acquired Brain Injury (TBI/Cerebrovascular Injury & Disease - Adult)

Keyword 1: brain injury
Keyword 2: traumatic brain injury
Keyword 3: minority issues

Summary Abstract:

Emerging research shows that individuals from sub-populations of the community exposed to violence are at increased risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and that the prevalence of brain injuries in these groups is disproportionately high. Still, in actual practice, the detection and accurate identification of brain injury in these populations is often challenging due to substantial overlap between TBI and co-morbid mental/behavioral health symptoms. Further, individuals in these populations may face systematized and/or personal barriers that impede their access to sufficient diagnostic opportunities and injury-specific care. Subsequently, a significant number of individuals in these sub-populations live with un- or mis- diagnosed brain injury that could negatively affect their daily function. The goal of this symposium is to bring greater awareness of the unique issues surrounding the identification, assessment, and rehabilitation of brain injuries occurring in these high-risk, yet often overlooked populations. Symposium presenters will address these issues as they occur across diverse (and often intersecting) groups including survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), justice-involved individuals, and individuals who are unhoused or experiencing houselessness. Speakers addressing brain injury resulting from IPV will include Dr. Elisabeth Wilde, as well as Dr. Carrie Esopenko, who will focus on IPV-related brain injuries in transgender and gender diverse individuals who received services at a large center for gender affirming care. In the area of brain injury in justice-involved individuals, Dr. Drew Nagele will present on cognitive screening and resource facilitation as interventions for youth in the justice system who have screened positive for brain injury, while Ms. Spenser Nye will examine risks and unique outcomes associated with violence-related TBIs in justice-involved women. Speaking on yet another diverse sub-group, Ms. Ilyssa Silverman will present findings from a study examining the relationship between cognition and functional outcomes in a transdiagnostic sample of unstably housed Veterans who have a history of TBI. Finally, as the discussant, Dr. Monique Pappadis will provide a synthesis of the major themes emerging from brain injury research in vulnerable populations, as well as address critical considerations and directions for future research in this area.