Traumatic Loss and the Brain

Traumatic Loss and the Brain

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

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Episode: French Protests, Particle Pollution, Internet Pop Culture, Weight Bias

  • Dec 11, 2018 10:00 pm
  • 19:47 mins

Guest: Lisa Shulman, Professor of Neurology, University of Maryland, Author of “Before and After Loss: A Neurologist’s Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Our Brain” The symptoms of a traumatic brain injury include confusion, trouble concentrating, moving clumsily, memory loss and changes in sleep and mood. All of that sounded familiar to neurologist Lisa Shulman – not because she’d hit her head, but because her husband had just died of cancer. What if a traumatic loss like that is a form of emotional brain injury, she wondered? The answers she uncovered form the basis of Dr. Shulman’s new book, “Before and After Loss: A Neurologist’s Perspective on Loss, Grief, and our Brain.”