Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
The Family Journal
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Christensen, T. M.
Right arrow Articles by Kleist, D. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Reviews

Traumatic Brain Injured Families: Therapeutic Considerations

Teresa M. Christensen

Jobie L. Skaggs

David M. Kleist

Idaho State University

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an acquired injury to the head that results in long-tenn and often pennanent physical and emotional disturbances. The purpose of this review is to inform couple and family counselors of the often catastrophic impact of TBI on families. Six research articles containing implicationsfor both therapists and researchers working with TBIfamilies have been reviewed. Specific topics include recovery, effects on marital relationships, role changes, families' needs, predictors of families' functioning and change, and a clinical and research tool.

The Family Journal, Vol. 5, No. 4, 317-324 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480797054007
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?