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Return to Work After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Supported Employment Approach

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most prevalent disabilities in the United States. Of the estimated 1.4 million who sustain a TBI annually, about 1.1 million are treated and released from the emergency room (Langlois et al. 2006). Another 235,000 are hospitalized, and 80,000 to 90,000 experience permanent disabilities (Langlois et al. 2006) TBI is three times more common in men than in women, with the most common causes for injury being motor vehicle accidents, falls, and violence (Greenwald et al. 2003).

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Targett, P., Wehman, P. (2011). Return to Work After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Supported Employment Approach. In: Schultz, I., Rogers, E. (eds) Work Accommodation and Retention in Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0428-7_14

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