Researchers at the Brain Injury Research Center at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine are identifying previously unrecognized brain injury as the cause of many psychiatric problems. Wayne Gordon, the Center's Director and his team have identified high rates of "hidden brain injury"in
Researchers at the Brain Injury Research Center at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine are identifying previously unrecognized brain injury as the cause of many psychiatric problems. Wayne Gordon, the Center's Director and his team have identified high rates of "hidden brain injury"in individuals with other psychiatric and or addictions problems. The CDC acknowledges 5.3 million Americans living with brain injury. Dr. Gordon's research may find a link between mental health problems and addiction in many more cases than imaginable, making the CDC data look insignificant. The research may also lead us to a better understanding of why individuals fail in treatment. The neurocognitive problems from an untreated brain injury may prevent a person from benefiting from the traditional arsenal of medication and talk therapy.
Some years ago Dorothy Lewis, MD conducted a study of death row inmates and found an alarming rate of brain injury, neurological disease, child abuse and