title: Long-term social integration and community support.
abstract: TBI often results in reduced social participation. This decrease in social participation is independent of injury severity and time since injury. Thus, it is one of the many stable hallmarks of TBI. Changes in social participation have been related to many factors, including emotional dysregulation and disturbance and executive dysfunction. While there are evidenced-based treatments available to improve mood and executive functioning, none of the research has examined the impact of the various treatments on social participation or social integration. Therefore, while it is reasonable to expect that individuals who are feeling better about themselves and who improve their approach to day-to-day function will also experience increased social contact, there is no evidence to support this claim. This chapter reviews the literature on post-TBI social integration and its relationship to depression and executive dysfunction. In addition the intervention research in this area is briefly examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: wayne.gordon@mountsinai.org.
authors.forename: Wayne A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cantor
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Dams-O'Connor
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Kristen
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsaousides
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012944:Social Support
keywords: Social isolation; executive function; mood; social integration; social networking sites