Anger Self-Management Training for People with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
3:30 – 5:00 pm ET

Presentation and discussion with Tessa Hart, Ph.D., Scientist Emerita, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute Research Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College.

Problematic anger and irritability are common after TBI and can negatively affect employment, relationships, and quality of life, yet there are few evidence-based treatments for this clinically important problem. Dr. Hart will first provide a brief review of the causes, symptoms, and consequences of problematic anger following TBI. She will then describe a psychoeducational treatment program she developed with colleagues and tested in a multi-center clinical trial funded by the NIH. Called Anger Self-Management Training, this program focuses on teaching the person with TBI how to self-monitor anger and use specific strategies to manage it more effectively.

Tessa Hart, PhD, a neuropsychologist, holds the title of Scientist Emerita at Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute. For more than 20 years, she directed a clinical research laboratory focused on understanding and treating the long-term psychosocial problems affecting people with moderate-severe TBI and their families. She also directed the Moss TBI Model System, a federally funded center of excellence for collaborative treatment and outcome research. She is a Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Psychological Association and has received numerous awards for her work.

This FREE session is intended for a professional audience. Questions can be directed to MJ Schmidt at schmidt@biapa.org.