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https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/related/tbi_ptsd.asp?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=da0f398b02-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_04_06_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-da0f398b02-167840245 Supporting People With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Before, During, & After a Disaster Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a broad category, including issues ranging from concussion to injury in an accident, assault, or disaster. The impacts can be pronounced or minor, and they vary from person to person and over time. A report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine notes that TBI affects the lives of millions of Americans each year. It is important for disaster behavioral health plans, projects, and other efforts to include and account for people with TBI. Explore the resources below to learn more about how behavioral health professionals can work effectively with patients with TBI, how caregivers of people with TBI can improve emergency preparedness, and how first responders can respond to calls with people with TBI who are in crisis. Also provided is a resource to help people with cognitive changes associated with TBI better prepare for disasters. Traumatic Brain Injury A Roadmap for Accelerating Progress https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25394/traumatic-brain-injury-a-roadmap-for-accelerating-progress TBI Survivor and First Responder Preparation This poster from West Virginia University describes a review of research literature and findings on how emergency preparedness can better include and account for people with TBI. The poster lists potential differences in people with TBI that may be challenging in the context of disaster and recommends steps for people with TBI and emergency managers to take to improve disaster outcomes for people with TBI. https://research.cedwvu.org/media/3335/emergency-inclusion.pdf?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=da0f398b02-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_04_06_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-da0f398b02-167840245 Communication Resources Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emergency Preparedness and Disability web pages, this page features videos, plain-language summaries, infographics, and other materials to communicate information about emergency preparedness for people with disabilities, including people with disabilities associated with TBI. Tips on assembling an emergency kit, emergency planning, coping with disaster-related emotions, and other topics are presented so that people with cognitive processing and attention issues, both of which may be impacts of brain injuries, can understand and use the information. https://www.cdc.gov/disability-emergency-preparedness/index.html?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=da0f398b02-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_04_06_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-da0f398b02-167840245