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Asking the Right Questions with Patients with TBI

Joel Scholten. MD
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When looking at the full-picture treatment for people with TBI, clinicians need to ask leading questions about issues including alcohol and caffeine use, intimacy or sexual issues, and suicide risk.

See more of Dr. Sholten's videos here.

Posted on BrainLine February 15, 2012.

Produced by Ashley Gilleland and Victoria Tilney McDonough, BrainLine.