**If you or someone you know is in crisis & needs to speak with someone immediately call 1-800-273-8255 (Press 1), text 838255, call 911, or proceed to the nearest ER**
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Each year, TBI contributes to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. In 2014, there were approximately 2.87 million TBI related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in the US, including over 837,000 of these health events involving children.
A TBI is caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of a TBI may range from “mild,” i.e., a brief change in mental status or consciousness to “severe,” i.e., an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia after the injury.
Center for Disease Control research and programs work to prevent TBI and help people better recognize, respond,
and recover if a TBI occurs.
If you are looking for help or support for yourself, a friend, or family member, please review the
organizations below. They are fully vetted and offer a wide array of help.
If you are an organization that would like inclusion on our site, please contact us at: info@projectrollcall.org
Brain Alternative Rehabilitation Therapies (BART) is a non profit dedicated to the research of alternative therapies for brain injury survivors.
Our mission is to promote better outcomes for brain injury survivors by answering three questions – which alternative therapies are likely to work, where can they be found, and how can they be afforded?
Mission statement: We do not know the causes and mechanisms of most brain diseases, including TBI and PTS, and consequently have inadequate treatments, no definitive diagnostics and no cures.
Without this knowledge we cannot predict disease onset, objectively diagnose patients, identify worthwhile targets for therapeutic intervention, assess benefit, or deliver optimized care.
* Project Roll Call is not a crisis organization. If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs to speak with someone immediately please call 1-800-273-8255 (Press 1), text 838255, call 911, or proceed to the nearest ER.