Such term shall include, but not be limited to open and closed brain injuries that may result in mild, moderate or severe impairment in one or more areas, including cognition, language and speech. Such term shall not include progressive dementias and other mentally impairing conditions or chronic, congenital or degenerative nature or brain injuries induced by birth trauma. Whether the myths exist through ignorance or by intentional design, the real problem is that these myths often prevent legitimately injured people from receiving the medical care, treatment and therapy that they desperately need and deserve. The article will also offer some suggested questions that may be used to dispel misleading in formation about these myths in the courtroom setting.
Loss of consciousness is a necessary pre-requisite for traumatic brain injury.
This myth has been particular easy to dispel and it has been the author's experience that the following questions can be in the courtroom. During testimony, the following questions could help dispel the myth. The third edition of the American Psychiatric Textbook of Neuropsychiatry states that unlike many psychiatric illnesses that have gradual onset. TBI often occurs suddenly and devastatingly. Although some individuals recognize that they no longer have the same abilities and potential they had before the injury, many others with significant disabilities deny that there have been any changes.