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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab

@silverberglab.bsky.social
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Research lab at the University of British Columbia and GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre studying how people cope with persistent symptoms after concussion and related conditions, led by Noah Silverberg, PhD, ABPP-CN

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TRANSCENDENT Concussion Research Program @transcendentkt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
📚🍂 Happy Back to School Week! From all of us at the TRANSCENDENT, we wish students, families, and educators a healthy and successful start to the school year.💡 👉 Check out pedsconcussion.com/return-to-ac... for practical recommendations on returning to activity, sport, and school safely! 📚🧠
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UBC Psychology @psych.ubc.ca · 04/09/2025
Rock out with us and Pennington Hall, a local band named after the wing of (the former) Riverview Psychiatric Hospital where all the band members worked as clinical psychologists and got their start playing for patients.
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
What have we learned about concussion/TBI over the last 40 years? And how have these insights advanced clinical practice? Invited review to mark the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation's 40th anniversary, with John Leddy @ubuffalo.bsky.social (free access): journals.lww.com/headtraumare...
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Progress in Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury Science and... : The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
as refined our understanding of concussion/traumatic brain injury pathophysiology, recovery, and long-term effects. We also discuss shifts in terminology and outline how assessment and rehabilitation ...
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UBC Psychology @psych.ubc.ca · 13/08/2025
Applications are open for our Diversity Mentorship Program! This program is open to undergraduates or recent graduates, anywhere in the world, who are interested in graduate studies in psychology. Apply here by Aug 25: psych.ubc.ca/diversity
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Our *new publication* suggests that clinicians need not be concerned with high fear avoidance behavior after concussion unless it persists for several weeks. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Our *new publication* reports that women more frequently sought care from their family doctors for concussion (vs men) but did not receive more prescriptions or referrals. Women were more symptomatic and more likely to report unmet mental health care needs. journals.lww.com/headtraumare...
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Gender Differences in Seeking and Receiving Healthcare... : The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
ts (56% women, 2% gender-diverse; aged 18-69 years) who presented to emergency department/urgent care within 72 hours after mTBI and were randomized to usual care in the parent study. Design: Secon...
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Society for Black Neuropsychology @soblackneuro.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🧠 Join us for our upcoming CE Webinar on Neuropsychological Rehabilitation with Dr. Masha Berman! 📅 Tues, Aug 19 | 🕐 1PM EST / 10AM PST 🎓 Earn 1.5 CEs Link: events.zoom.us/ev/AiJHsUKOT...
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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
This is a live webinar worth 1.5 CEs. You must attend the talk in its entirety to receive CE credit. For more information visit our website.
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Brain Injury Canada @braininjurycanada.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Brain Injury Canada's website hosts multiple resources for individuals living with brain injuries. From our extensive resource website to our accessible service directory, discover more about how we support Canadians with brain injuries today: braininjurycanada.ca/en/resources...
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Canadian Concussion Network-Réseau Canadien des Commotions @ccn-rcc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The CCN-RCC 5th Annual Meeting is in 4 days! Let’s look at our 4 symposium topics: 1. Repeated exposure to subconcussive explosive blasts 2. Equitable care in para sport 3.Tracking outcomes from the ED to recovery 4.Championing youth perspectives for prevention www.ccn-rccevent.com/agenda
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Agenda - CCN/RCC Event
Canadian Concussion Network/Réseau Canadien des Commotions (CCN/RCC) Research and Community Engagement 1st Annual Meeting
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
*New publication*: Prediction of mental health complications following mild traumatic brain injury. Work led by graduate student Shuyuan Shi @ubcpsych.bsky.social. www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
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Prediction of Mental Health Complications Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury | Journal of Neurotrauma
Prognostic models can support prevention of mental health complications after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The present study aimed to identify risk factors and develop prognostic model(s) for m...
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
More details about what assessments are advised in the *clinical* pillar of the CBI-M framework for characterizing acute TBI: www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
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Clinical Assessment on Days 1–14 for the Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations from the 2024 NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Classification and Nomenclature Initiative Clinical/Symp...
The current classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) primarily uses the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) to categorize injuries as mild (GCS 13–15), moderate (GCS 9–12), or severe (GCS ≤8). However, thi...
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Change is afoot...A new characterisation of acute traumatic brain injury: the NIH-NINDS TBI Classification and Nomenclature Initiative - The Lancet Neurology www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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A new characterisation of acute traumatic brain injury: the NIH-NINDS TBI Classification and Nomenclature Initiative
The clinical severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is commonly classified according to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) sum score as mild (13–15), moderate (9–12), or severe (3–8). A new approach is ne...
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
New paper with @mattburkemd.bsky.social, @davidlewisperez.bsky.social: Somatic Symptom Disorder after concussion/mTBI was associated with worse symptoms, comorbidity, and disability. SSD may be a useful framework for conceptualizing poor outcome from this injury. journals.lww.com/headtraumare...
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Somatic Symptom Disorder After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury : The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
care centers. Participants: Adults with mTBI (N = 476). Design: Secondary analysis of a clinical trial (Clinicaltrials.gov NCT04704037). Main Measures: Early illness beliefs (Illness Percepti...
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ANST: APA Division 40 @div40anst.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
ANST Interest Groups at CSPP at Alliant University, Rutgers University, & University of Illinois at Chicago are hosting a joint OPEN WEBINAR. Come support these groups 5/21 @ 4:30pm EST & learn about Cultural Competence in Neuropsychological Assessment & Rehabilitation Join via Zoom: bit.ly/3RrpC9l
Senior Research Scientist & Neuropsychologist Dr. Anthony Lequerica presents on May 21, 2025 @4:30pm EST. Title: Cultural Competence in Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation. A virtual event hosted by ANST student groups from California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, Rutgers University, and University of Illinois at Chicago. Speaker and ANST logo pictured. Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3RrpC9l. Meeting ID: 696 877 2414. Passcode: 300088
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INS @insneuro.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
📢 Open call for applications! Are you a #neuropsychology trainee interested in a leadership position? The INS Student Liaison Committee has SIX open positions, applications are due June 30th! Check out the positions and requirements here: buff.ly/gWDtd7s
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Canadian Concussion Network-Réseau Canadien des Commotions @ccn-rcc.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New to Bluesky? We’ve created a starter pack to help you connect with Canadian Concussion Network-Réseau Canadian des Commotions members and collaborators! go.bsky.app/CLF6iSP
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Dawn Neumann (she/her) @dawnneumann.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Paid #internship in #MPH at the Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai with Dr. Raj Kumar, and he's awesome! #TBI #MEDSKY #REHAB #ChronicIllness
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Canadian Concussion Network-Réseau Canadien des Commotions @ccn-rcc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The Canadian Concussion Network-Réseau Canadien des Commotions is free to join: ccn-rcc.ca/en/membershi... Our network of over 450 members includes researchers, trainees, clinicians, knowledge translation professionals, community organizations, people with lived experience, and more!
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
New publication from recent PhD grad Thalia Otamendi. 👇 How do adults with concussion make sense of their mental health problems? How do their beliefs (e.g., about etiology) lead them to seek (or decline) mental health treatment? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Patient perceptions of persistent symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury and their influence on mental health treatment-seeking: a grounded theory study
Mental health conditions after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are common and can complicate injury outcomes, but are under-treated. According to the Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation, the w...
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Matthew Burke @mattburkemd.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Our new review looks at the evidence (or lack thereof) for identifying mTBI/concussion in post-acute polytrauma settings Challenges re: legitimately missing a mTBI (distracting injuries) with risk of overDx as Sx (e.g. headache, brain fog etc) are non-specific www.tandfonline.com/eprint/I7PSG...
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Identifying mild traumatic brain injury in the post-acute polytrauma setting: a scoping review of diagnostic approaches and screening tools
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is frequently overlooked in polytrauma patients due to the overshadowing of more severe injuries, a fact that makes its identification in post-acute settings chal...
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Promoting awareness of #FND among #concussion care providers
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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Important thread conceptually for all those interested in brain injury and concussion- introduces important concepts from clinical neurosciences to sports medicine
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Andrew Kiselica @andrewk-phd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Neuropsychological measures tend to predict real world outcomes pretty well, providing clinical value even as we make big strides in biomarker accuracy and availability
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We are recruiting a new graduate student with research interests in concussion/persisting symptoms/functional disorders, and clinical training goals in neuropsychology or clinical psychology. For prospective students: neuro.psych.ubc.ca/prospective-... psych.ubc.ca/graduate/res...
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Clinical | Graduate Program | UBC Psychology
Gain the knowledge and skills to help advance clinical psychological science through the clinical psychology graduate program at UBC Psychology.
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
*New publication*: Cognitive-behavioral therapy as a candidate treatment for persistent cognitive symptoms after concussion. Huge improvements in both CBT and comparison groups. :o neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/6/2/...
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Pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of cognitive–behavioural therapy for functional cognitive disorder after concussion
Background Functional cognitive disorder (FCD) may be common after a concussion, and no evidence-based treatment options are available. The current study evaluated the feasibility of a novel cognitive...
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
*New publication* comparing graded exposure therapy to usual care for persistent symptoms after concussion in adults, led by graduate student Mathilde Rioux: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Graded exposure therapy for adults with persistent symptoms after mTBI: A historical comparison study
Fear avoidance behaviour is associated with slow recovery from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). This study is a preliminary evaluation of graded exposure therapy (GET), which directly targets fe...
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Coping with Neurological Symptoms Lab @silverberglab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Starting out here by reposting our last few X/Twitter posts
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