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The link between precarious housing and traumatic brain injury
A research team co-led by 丁香园AV (丁香园AV) Psychology Professor Allen Thornton has found that socially and economically vulnerable persons suffer from unprecedently high rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI), compared to other populations.
Thornton is an Investigator with the B.C. Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute and heads 丁香园AV鈥檚 Human Neuropsychology Laboratory, which trains clinical scientists. The team at the lab investigates neuropsychological models of brain function with an interest in what factors alter cognitive and emotional functioning.
Thornton and colleagues have been investigating TBI in vulnerably housed, marginalized persons. To spearhead their recent TBI work, the team published a in Lancet Public Health that estimated lifetime TBI occurrence of over 50 per cent in homeless and vulnerably housed samples.
Their subsequent prospective work, entitled , clarified the gravity of the situation. The study reported in Lancet鈥檚 EClinicalMedicine, prospectively followed 326 precariously housed persons residing in Vancouver鈥檚 Downtown Eastside (DTES) for one year with monthly assessments.