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A new report has found 80 per cent of women in the criminal justice system in Wales may be living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), calling for urgent solutions and increased awareness. The report reveals the prevalence of brain injuries in women in contact with the Welsh Criminal Justice System for the first time, [...]

A coalition of UK care sector organisations has launched a first-of-its-kind study into the penetration of care management software in community care settings. Unlike previous studies, this survey actively seeks participation from the family members and support networks of people receiving care, including unpaid carers. The stakeholders behind the study include National Care Forum, the [...]

Consultant clinical psychologist Dr Miles Rogish has pioneered the use of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) among patients with brain injury. In Here he speaks to NR Times about his experiences of piloting CFT at the York House centre operated by Brainkind (formerly Disabilities Trust).

What are the origins of the CFT model?

CFT is grounded in the evolutionary analysis of basic social-motivational systems. Its aim is to support mental and emotional healing.

Professor Paul Gilbert developed it because, while cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was helping a lot of people with depression, there was a large group who it simply never moved.

Through analysis he found that core beliefs around guilt and shame were keeping their emotional system dysregulated.

Prof Rudi Coetzer, clinical director at Brainkind – the UK’s largest brain injury charity – spoke to NR Times about the neuro-behavioural approach to treatment. He explained how it addresses patients’ social behaviour and their ability to adapt to changing situations through the use of repetition, practice, feedback, and compensation as well as its benefits [...]

Up to one in two survivors of domestic abuse in the UK may be living with an undiagnosed brain injury, according to new research from Brainkind.