CounterIntuition

The PAR Assessment Toolkit was created to provide assistance to psychologists, mental health workers, and anyone else who administers standardized assessments. The scope of this application was in response to a Customer focus group where Customers conveyed their desire for specific tools to assist in their day to day assessment tasks.

“Concussions have become so commonplace that people diagnosed with the condition tend not to take the brain injury seriously, a new study concludes.

It’s a tendency that could lead to increased damage – especially in children – a team of Canadian researchers warn. So they are recommending that cases of concussion be referred to more precisely, as “mild traumatic brain injury,” or MTBI for short.”

“Natural progesterone, the sex hormone used in the first contraceptive pills, is to be tested on patients with severe head injuries… Previous studies have shown that progesterone supports the normal development of neurons in the brain, and that the hormone has a protective effect on damaged brain tissue.”

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