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Living with brain injury

A brain injury can cause many physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural effects, which can have an impact on many different aspects of life. Browse through the topics below to find out more.

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A brain injury can cause many physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural effects, which can have an impact on many different aspects of life.

Browse through the topics below to find out more.

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  • Memory problems

    Memory is easily affected by brain injury because there are several structures within the brain that are involved in memory, and injury to any of these parts can impair memory performance.

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  • Menopause

    The number of people surviving brain injury is increasing over time, and that means that more women with brain injury are living to the age when menopause will typically begin.

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  • Mental capacity

    When a person is unable to make specific decisions for themselves due to brain injury i.e. an "impairment or disturbance in the functioning of the mind or brain", this is called lacking mental capacity.

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