Check out our intersections of brain injury infographic series and share them to your network, as a resource for your organization or as an advocacy tool.
Mental Health
This infographic explores how mental health and brain injury intersect, and how one’s wellbeing can be supported as a whole.
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Mental Health & Brain Injury<br><a href=”https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/infographics/”>Source: Brain Injury Canada, 2024</a></br>
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- Intro – https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/brain-injury-and-me/mental-health-and-brain-injury/
- First bullet – https://injepijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40621-023-00424-x
- “77% of individuals psych diagnosis” – https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=3226
- Dopamine neurotransmission – https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/professionals/opioid-use-disorder-conference/opioid-use-disorder-conference/oudpc_2019_selby-pdf.pdf
Substance Use
This infographic explores the intersections of problematic substance use and brain injury.
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Substance Use & Brain Injury<br><a href=”https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/infographics/”>Source: Brain Injury Canada, 2024</a></br>
Incarceration & the Justice System
This infographic explores the intersections of incarceration, criminal justice systems and brain injury.
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Incarceration & Brain Injury<br><a href=”https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/infographics/”>Source: Brain Injury Canada, 2024</a></br>
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- Prevalence 43% – https://johnhoward.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Fact-Sheet-29-TBI-CJS-magazine-style.pdf
- 2.5x more likely – https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/blog/2020/08/19/tbi-and-corrections-system/
- Challenges – https://hsjcc.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-and-the-Criminal-Justice-System-Presentation-2022-04-19.pdf
- Recommendations:
Under/Unemployment
This infographic explores the intersections of under/unemployment and brain injury.
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Under/Unemployment & Brain Injury<br><a href=”https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/infographics/”>Source: Brain Injury Canada, 2024</a></br>
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Homelessness
This infographic explores the intersections of homelessness and brain injury.
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Homelessness & Brain Injury<br><a href=”https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/infographics/”>Source: Brain Injury Canada, 2024</a></br>
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- 4x higher than general pop & 50% of homeless- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(19)30225-7/fulltext
- 235k homeless in canada – https://homelesshub.ca/sites/default/files/SOHC16_final_20Oct2016.pdf
- Needs & challenges – Traumatic Brain Injury and Homelessness: From Prevalence to Prevention – https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(19)30225-7/fulltext
Intimate partner violence (IPV)
This infographic explores the intersections of intimate partner violence (IPV) and brain injury.
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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) & Brain Injury<br><a href=”https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/infographics/”>Source: Brain Injury Canada, 2024</a></br>
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- 92% resulting in trauma
- A. St. Ivany and D. Schminkey, “Intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury: State of the science and next steps,” Fam. Community Heal., vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 129–137, 2016
- Sheridan DJ, Nash KR. Acute injury patterns of intimate partner violence victims. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2007;8(3):281-289.
- 1 in 5 women.. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Preventing intimate partner violence [Fact sheet]. Available: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/fastfact.html
- IPV transcends race, gender…
- Breiding, M. J., Basile, K. C., Smith, S. G., Black, M. C., & Mahendra, R. R. (2015). Intimate partner violence surveillance: uniform definitions and recommended data elements, Version 2.0. Atlanta (GA): National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- World Health Organization. (2012). Understanding and addressing violence against women [Fact sheet]. World Health Organization. Available: https://www.who.int/reproducti…
- C. Garcia-Moreno, H. A. Jansen, M. Ellsberg, L. Heise, and C. H. Watts, “Prevalence of intimate partner violence: findings from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence,” Lancet, vol. 368, no. 9543, pp. 1260–1269, 2006.
- Women with disabilities… Smith, D. L. (2008). Disability, gender and intimate partner violence: relationships from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system. Sexuality and Disability, 26(1), 15-28.
- Disproportionately affects minorities … – Smith, S. G., Chen, J., Basile, K. C., Gilbert, L. K., Merrick, M. T., Patel, N., Walling, M., & Jain, A. (2017). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010-2012 State Report. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Strangulation
- N. Glass et. al, “Non-fatal Strangulation is an Important Risk Factor for Homicide of Women,” J. Emerg. Med., vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 329–335, 2008.
- Alberta Justice and Solicitor General and Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, “Domestic Violence Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors in Alberta,” Edmonton, AB, 2014.
- Conclusion
- https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/issues-advocacy/intimate-partner-violence/
