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 #3
Poster Symposium: Invisible Injuries: Screening, Assessment, and Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury in Vulnerable Populations — Abstract 2
Intimate Partner Violence-Related Brain Injury
Elisabeth Wilde, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States
Carrie Esopenko, Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, United States
Emma Read, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States
Carmen Velez, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States
David Tate, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States
Category: Acquired Brain Injury (TBI/Cerebrovascular Injury & Disease - Adult)
Keyword 1: brain injury
Keyword 2: traumatic brain injury
Objective:
The overall objective of this talk is to review what is known about the estimated incidence of intimate partner violence (IPV)-related brain injury, highlight the primary forms of injury including impact and acceleration/deceleration head trauma and hypoxia resulting from nonfatal strangulation or impeded breathing, review the potential impact on cognitive and psychological functioning, and review assessment strategies to enhance detection of neurologic compromise resulting from IPV.
Participants and Methods:
We will summarize studies to date that have examined the cognitive and imaging sequelae of IPV-related head injury. Additionally, we will introduce some current efforts to better understand and systematically address knowledge gaps in this understudied population.
Results:
Several published studies have found performance on cognitive testing to reflect deficits consistent with head trauma and/or hypoxia. Research examining the interaction between head trauma and psychopathology in IPV is limited, but this unique form of injury increases the risk of developing comorbidities including depression, PTSD, and substance use disorders, which may further compromise aspects of cognition including episodic memory, executive functioning, and processing speed in particular. Assessment using structured screening instruments and interviews may increase detection and appropriate referral for services.
Conclusions:
Despite its estimated prevalence, brain injury resulting from intimate partner violence represents a vastly understudied and complex area of research that warrants greater attention, careful screening for brain injury, and development of specific treatment strategies that incorporate understanding of brain injury.
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