Brain Injury Books on Families

When a parent is injured, sons and daughters often feel confused, scared, anxious and angry. This guide helps parents explain the physical, cognitive, behavioral, social and communicative changes that can follow a brain injury, blast injury or PTSD. Using examples from children of all ages, it helps them understand their emotional reactions to a parent’s injury or PTSD. Each chapter has an exercise for children and practical tips for children, parents and professionals.

This brain injury book for families explains consequences of traumatic brain injury and gives strategies for coping with changes in the survivor's physical abilities, memory, attention, thinking and emotions.

Story book helps children understand their emotions and reactions when a parent has a brain injury. Describes coma, rehabilitation, coming home, and therapy from a child's perspective. Recommended for families of injured veterans and service members.

Book chronicles her son's brain injury over 20 years from coma care to rehabilitation and living in the community.  Excellent resource with articles on special topics for families on traumatic brain injury advovcay, information and support.

Book on marital stress and adjustment by a family when a spouse has a brain injury. Discusses emotional trauma for family, grieving, mourning, parenting, and caregiving after severe head trauma.

Personal journey of life after brain injury shows humor, determination and courage with help for survivors, families and rehabilitation staff.

Book for couples coping with effects of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from war, brain injury, violence, accidents, crime or health problems.

Practical self-help guide helps families cope with anxiety, fear and stress when a spouse or partner is in danger from war or a high risk profession. Includes strategies for helping children of veterans and service members.

Book on brain injury, blast injury and PTSD features chapters on adults, children and veterans discussing changes in memory, self-image, violence, suicide, family stress and war in Iraq.

Book of poetry by Michael Grego, survivor of a traumatic brain injury, is a collection of poetry written before and after the collision that altered his life.