Automobile accidents are one of the leading causes of brain injuries in the nation. Unfortunately, many people do not realize they have a brain injury following an accident.

Traumatic brain injury has been called the "silent epidemic" because for years many such injuries went undiagnosed and untreated. Complaints of memory loss, personality change, and diminished mental abilities by victims of trauma were dismissed as "litigation neurosis" or ignored altogether.

It is a situation that every neurolawyer faces at some point in their career. Usually, it occurs in cases involving mild traumatic brain injury where there is little objective evidence of injury.

Traumatic brain injury has often been called the “silent epidemic” because for years many such injuries went undiagnosed and untreated. Complaints of memory loss, personality change, and diminished mental abilities by survivors of trauma were frequently dismissed by both medical and legal professionals as “litigation neurosis” or simply ignored altogether.

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She sat across from her friend quietly as they drank a mid-morning coffee. Now and then she would look up and sigh. “Every day seems longer than the day before,” she said.

A traumatic brain injury is an injury to the brain caused by trauma. Trauma is the most common cause of brain injury in the United States. In the U.S. an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people suffer traumatic brain injury each year. Approximately 70,000 to 90,000 of those individuals incur a TBI resulting in a long-term, substantial loss of functioning.