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Head Injury Law Substance Abuse after a Brain Injury
The anxiety, depression, social isolation, loneliness and tedium of rehab, which accompany a TBI, can push some survivors into excessive consumption of alcohol, prescription drugs or street drugs. So can chronic somatic pain from spinal or other injuries incurred from the traumatic event which caused the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Substance abuse is an obstacle to full and meaningful participation in rehabilitation and can preclude reaping the benefits of rehab. It is crucial to identify the persons at highest risk of substance abuse post-TBI, to counsel them, monitor them and work with them to control the urge to use alcohol or drugs. The persons at highest risk are those persons who have a pre-injury history of addiction or abuse of substances. These same persons tend to have a genetic propensity to “crave” alcohol or drugs and a family history of abuse.
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