title: Impact of traumatic brain damage on family dynamics and functioning: a review.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to review the dynamics and functioning of families with a severely head-injured member. In order to stress the unique problems faced by persons with brain damage and their families, a comparison with spinal cord-injured persons is presented. The review's major conclusion is that a head injury exposes the family to a complex of problems that are unique to this disability and, therefore, necessitates the delivery of special family support services focused on the family, rather than on the head-injured person.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Florian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lahav
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans