Hit in the Heart of Life: How Meeting Like-Minded Peers May Contribute to Psychosocial Recovery of Adolescents and Young Adults With Acquired Brain Injury
Adolescents and young adults are often in a particularly vulnerable position following acquired brain injury (ABI). In addition to neurological and cognitive impairment, they are faced with issues concerning education, job, family, and social life. Moreover, they may be limited in meeting peers and...
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| author | Louise Bakmann Louise Bakmann Anne Norup Anne Norup Anne Norup Birgitte Hysse Forchhammer Birgitte Hysse Forchhammer |
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| description | Adolescents and young adults are often in a particularly vulnerable position following acquired brain injury (ABI). In addition to neurological and cognitive impairment, they are faced with issues concerning education, job, family, and social life. Moreover, they may be limited in meeting peers and may be left alone with psychosocial issues. This paper investigates how this patient group may benefit from meeting like-minded peers. From information gathered through a questionnaire and interviews with participants in a peer support group, the study aimed to investigate the social and psychological advances such a group can offer, and how this may contribute to psychosocial recovery following ABI. Also, the paper indicates how peer support groups may possibly have an impact on the everyday lives of adolescents and young adults with ABI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-554df10d3bac4f1b95b48b6143e78a842022-12-22T00:51:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952019-05-011010.3389/fneur.2019.00521431148Hit in the Heart of Life: How Meeting Like-Minded Peers May Contribute to Psychosocial Recovery of Adolescents and Young Adults With Acquired Brain InjuryLouise Bakmann0Louise Bakmann1Anne Norup2Anne Norup3Anne Norup4Birgitte Hysse Forchhammer5Birgitte Hysse Forchhammer6Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, DenmarkBrain Injury Center BOMI, Roskilde, DenmarkDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkDepartment of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, DenmarkTraumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Unit, Department of Neurorehabilitation, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, DenmarkThe Danish Stroke Association, Taastrup, DenmarkAdolescents and young adults are often in a particularly vulnerable position following acquired brain injury (ABI). In addition to neurological and cognitive impairment, they are faced with issues concerning education, job, family, and social life. Moreover, they may be limited in meeting peers and may be left alone with psychosocial issues. This paper investigates how this patient group may benefit from meeting like-minded peers. From information gathered through a questionnaire and interviews with participants in a peer support group, the study aimed to investigate the social and psychological advances such a group can offer, and how this may contribute to psychosocial recovery following ABI. Also, the paper indicates how peer support groups may possibly have an impact on the everyday lives of adolescents and young adults with ABI.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00521/fulladolescentyoung adultacquired brain injurypsychosocialpeer support |
| spellingShingle | Louise Bakmann Louise Bakmann Anne Norup Anne Norup Anne Norup Birgitte Hysse Forchhammer Birgitte Hysse Forchhammer Hit in the Heart of Life: How Meeting Like-Minded Peers May Contribute to Psychosocial Recovery of Adolescents and Young Adults With Acquired Brain Injury Frontiers in Neurology adolescent young adult acquired brain injury psychosocial peer support |
| title | Hit in the Heart of Life: How Meeting Like-Minded Peers May Contribute to Psychosocial Recovery of Adolescents and Young Adults With Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_full | Hit in the Heart of Life: How Meeting Like-Minded Peers May Contribute to Psychosocial Recovery of Adolescents and Young Adults With Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_fullStr | Hit in the Heart of Life: How Meeting Like-Minded Peers May Contribute to Psychosocial Recovery of Adolescents and Young Adults With Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hit in the Heart of Life: How Meeting Like-Minded Peers May Contribute to Psychosocial Recovery of Adolescents and Young Adults With Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_short | Hit in the Heart of Life: How Meeting Like-Minded Peers May Contribute to Psychosocial Recovery of Adolescents and Young Adults With Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_sort | hit in the heart of life how meeting like minded peers may contribute to psychosocial recovery of adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury |
| topic | adolescent young adult acquired brain injury psychosocial peer support |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00521/full |
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