A preliminary investigation of the brain injury family intervention: Impact on family members

@article{Kreutzer2009API,
  title={A preliminary investigation of the brain injury family intervention: Impact on family members},
  author={Jeffrey S. Kreutzer and Taryn M Stejskal and Jessica McKinney Ketchum and Jennifer H. Marwitz and Laura A. Taylor and Jennifer C. Menzel},
  journal={Brain Injury},
  year={2009},
  volume={23},
  pages={535 - 547}
}
Primary objective: To evaluate the benefits of the Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI) for families of persons with acquired brain injury and identify factors related to outcomes. Research design: Pre-test, post-test design with outcomes measured immediately after and 3 months following intervention. Methods and procedures: Family members and survivors participated in five 2-hour sessions over 10 weeks which included discussions of typical effects of brain injury, coping with loss and… 
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