Browse the latest research summaries in the field of mental health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Korean J Neurotrauma, 2014 • June 1, 2014
This retrospective study reviewed eight patients with vertebral burst fractures resulting from suicide attempts by jumping, admitted between 2003 and 2012. The study analyzed demographics, injury char...
KEY FINDING: The mean age of the patients was 26.5 years, and there were eleven vertebral burst fractures in eight patients.
BMC Health Services Research, 2016 • September 20, 2016
The study aimed to compare the prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders using health survey information only, claims only, and health survey plus claims information in the Medicare population. The res...
KEY FINDING: Combining health survey and claims data increased the estimated proportion of the sample with neuropsychiatric disorders to 50.0 %, compared to 38.9 % with health survey only and 33.2 % with claims only.
Scientific Reports, 2025 • January 1, 2025
The study investigated the role of perineuronal nets (PNNs), formed by extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules, in fear memory processes using mice lacking brevican, neurocan, tenascin-C, and tenascin-R ...
KEY FINDING: Mice lacking brevican, neurocan, tenascin-C, and tenascin-R (4x KO) exhibited impaired fear memory consolidation, indicated by their inability to retrieve previously learned fear memories.
Translational Psychiatry, 2020 • July 15, 2020
The study investigated neuroinflammatory alterations in high trait anxiety using a mouse model (HAB). Results showed increased microglial density and activity in the hippocampus of HAB mice, particula...
KEY FINDING: HAB mice exhibited enhanced density and average cell area of Iba1+ microglia in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus compared to NAB controls.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2015 • April 1, 2015
The study aimed to develop self-report measures of social attitudes that act as environmental facilitators or barriers to the participation of people with disabilities in society. A mixed methods appr...
KEY FINDING: The study developed a new Social Attitudes item pool that includes both negative and positive social attitudes.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2014 • January 1, 2014
The results of this study provided preliminary support for our conceptual model; however, the final model explained only a small proportion of the variance associated with PTG. In this sample, greater...
KEY FINDING: Being female, younger, having less formal education, and less time since injury had significant relationships with PTG, whereas depression, violent etiology, and injury level/severity did not.
Spinal Cord, 2016 • June 9, 2015
This cross-sectional study examined the association between psychological characteristics in self-management and probable depression status in individuals with a traumatic SCI. The study found that lo...
KEY FINDING: Lower self-efficacy and mastery scores were associated with probable depression status in individuals with traumatic SCI.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • May 12, 2019
This study evaluated symptoms of burnout and perceptions of meaning in work in an international cohort of SCI clinicians. The study found that while exhaustion is prevalent among SCI professionals, ma...
KEY FINDING: A majority of respondents reported feeling exhaustion (60.1%), while fewer reported feelings of burnout (41.1%) or work-life imbalance (31.9%).
J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 2014 • July 1, 2014
The study examined the psychometric properties of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) Composite Scores in an adult sample. Results indicated acceptable internal consistency, excellent test–re...
KEY FINDING: The NIHTB-CB Composite Scores demonstrated acceptable internal consistency, indicating that the test items consistently measure the same construct.
Rehabilitation Research and Practice, 2015 • November 19, 2015
This study investigated the impact of a tailored motivational interviewing (MI) training program on rehabilitation professionals working in a spinal cord injury (SCI) unit, focusing on empathy, burnou...
KEY FINDING: The study found that professionals in the SCI unit generally exhibited satisfactory empathy, job satisfaction, and low levels of burnout before the training.