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Learning to Trust the World After a Brain Injury

Jordan Grafman, PhD
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Learning to trust the world, to trust caregivers, can be equally if not more effective than drugs for people with executive function or behavioral problems post-TBI.

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Posted on BrainLine February 12, 2013.

Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough, Justin Rhodes, and Erica Queen, BrainLine.