By Centre for Injury Prevention
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In this first season 3 episode of "Injury is Not Equal," we explore the critical intersection between injury recidivism and mental health. Research has found that one of the greatest predictors of unintentional injury recidivism is Mental illness. One study that analyzed injury recidivism following orthopedic trauma, found that mental illness was present in 57% of recidivists (Heimke et al., 2023).
In this episode, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick is joined by guest speaker Dr. Stephanie Mason to discuss the connection between mental health and injury recidivism.
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Stephanie Mason, MD PhD
Burn and General Surgeon, and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto
Dr. Mason completed her residency training in general surgery at the University of Toronto. She completed fellowship training in Burn, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center. She is the Interim Medical Director of the Ross Tilley Burn Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Mason’s clinical interests include emergency general surgery, and multidisciplinary management of skin and soft tissue diseases, particularly thermal injury. Dr. Mason’s research interests include burn health services research and survivorship, with a particular focus on the impact of socioeconomic marginalization on injury outcomes.
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Trauma recidivism is pervasive and is associated with mental and social health opportunities
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Host:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator, Centre for Injury Prevention
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Producer:
Cassandra Matchett
Media Production Student at Toronto Metropolitan University
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
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Have you ever thought about traumatic injury as a chronic disease? We often perceive injury as a one-time event, but the reality is that the effects of traumatic injury can last a lifetime. In season 3 of Injury is NOT Equal, we delve into injury recidivism—when survivors of traumatic injuries return to the emergency department with repeated injuries. We’ll explore the psychological and physiological aspects of re-injury and the social determinants that perpetuate this cycle.
Stay tuned as we uncover the critical role of tertiary prevention in breaking the cycle of injury recidivism. Through insightful discussions with experts and personal stories from those affected, we aim to bring awareness to health inequities and discuss ways to improve health through an injury prevention lens.
Resources:
Trauma recidivism is pervasive and is associated with mental and social health opportunities
A novel prospective approach to evaluate trauma recidivism: the concept of the past trauma history
Host:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator, Centre for Injury Prevention
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Producer:
Cassandra Matchett
Media Production Student at Toronto Metropolitan University
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
Follow us on Instagram & Twitter: @letstalkinjury
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
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This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund.
Throughout season two we heard from many experts and individuals with lived experience who discussed the intersecting determinants of health associated with traumatic brain injury. In this season finale, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick reviews each episode this season and shines light on some of the key messages and common theme’s raised.
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Host & Producer:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator, Centre for Injury Prevention
Producer:
Rheegan Goodale
Student Journalist and Multimedia Reporter at Humber College
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
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This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund.
Traumatic brain injury is observed in all age groups across the lifespan, but some groups are more vulnerable than others for a number of factors. Seniors aged 65 years and older are at a significantly higher risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury. Evidence suggests that falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury in older adults. It is estimated that 1 in 5 Canadians 65 years and older fall. On average, older adults with TBI experience higher rates of death and disability, slower recovery, and greater impacts to cognition, functional ability and psychosocial outcomes.
In part 2 of this episode series, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick continues the conversation with guest speaker Judy Gargaro to understand the complex relationship between TBI and older age, and the solutions needed to best support this growing population.
Guest Speakers:
Judy Gargaro
Manager, Neurotrauma Care Pathways Project, University Health Network
Judy is the Manager for the Neurotrauma Care Pathways Project at University Health Network. Judy has been focusing on developing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based pathways of care for persons with neurotrauma, with particular focus on those with comorbidities and who have traditionally been under-served by the healthcare system. Judy has been working with persons with brain and spinal cord injury for the last 35 years and has collaborated with administrators, clinicians (brain injury, spinal cord injury and other sectors) and policy makers to improve the quality of care available to persons after all severities of neurotrauma.
Resources:
Host & Producer:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator, Centre for Injury Prevention
Producer:
Rheegan Goodale
Student Journalist and Multimedia Reporter at Humber College
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Follow us on Instagram & Twitter: @letstalkinjury
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This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is observed in all age groups across the lifespan, but some groups are more vulnerable than others for a number of factors. Seniors aged 65 years and older are at a significantly higher risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury. Evidence suggests that falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury in older adults. It is estimated that 1 in 5 Canadians 65 years and older fall. On average, older adults with TBI experience higher rates of death and disability, slower recovery, and greater impacts to cognition, functional ability and psychosocial outcomes.
In this episode, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick is joined by guest speaker Judy Gargaro to discuss the many factors that impact risk and outcome of TBI in older adults.
Guest Speakers:
Judy Gargaro
Manager, Neurotrauma Care Pathways Project, University Health Network
Judy is the Manager for the Neurotrauma Care Pathways Project at University Health Network. Judy has been focusing on developing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based pathways of care for persons with neurotrauma, with particular focus on those with comorbidities and who have traditionally been under-served by the healthcare system. Judy has been working with persons with brain and spinal cord injury for the last 35 years and has collaborated with administrators, clinicians (brain injury, spinal cord injury and other sectors) and policy makers to improve the quality of care available to persons after all severities of neurotrauma.
Resources:
Host & Producer:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator, Centre for Injury Prevention
Producer:
Rheegan Goodale
Student Journalist and Multimedia Reporter at Humber College
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Follow us on Instagram & Twitter: @letstalkinjury
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This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result in cognitive, emotional and behavioural symptoms such as memory impairment, poor judgement, issues with anger management, inappropriate emotional response, and engagement with high risk behaviours. These symptoms and impairments can increase an individual’s risk of interaction with police and involvement with the justice system. In fact, evidence indicates that individuals who have sustained a traumatic brain injury are about two and a half times more likely to be incarcerated than individuals without a TBI (McIsaac et al., 2016). Studies have also indicated that the majority of incarcerated participants report having a TBI before their first criminal offence.
In this episode, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick is joined by guest speaker Dr. Flora Matheson to discuss the widely unknown and complex intersection between TBI and the criminal justice system.
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Flora Matheson, PhD
Research Scientist II, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, Institute of Medical Sciences
Dr. Flora Matheson leads the Justice and Equity Lab located at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital. As a Sociologist, her research is focused on solutions to reduce social and health inequities among people experiencing problems gambling and imprisonment; solutions that are built with and for these communities. As a Sociologist she uses a gender lens and social determinants of health approach to enact change.
Resources:
Host & Producer:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator
Centre for Injury Prevention
Producer:
Rheegan Goodale
Student Journalist and Multimedia Reporter
Humber College
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Follow us on Instagram & Twitter: @letstalkinjury
Send us a text
This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund.
1 in 5 Canadians experience mental illness, with young individuals the ages of 15-24 more likely than any other age group (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 2023). The pandemic has amplified the experience of equity-seeking communities and highlighted the disparity in access to quality health care. Research and evidence indicates a connection between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental health. Specifically, TBI survivors are at increased risk of developing a psychiatric condition or exacerbating a pre-existing condition.
In this episode, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick is joined by guest speakers Dr. Matthew Burke and Dr. Vincy Chan to discuss the important and complex intersection between TBI and mental health.
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Matthew Burke
Cognitive Neurologist, Sunnybrook HSC
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Dr. Matthew Burke is a Cognitive Neurologist at Sunnybrook and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto with cross appointments between Psychiatry and Neurology. He holds positions as Medical Director of Sunnybrook’s Traumatic Brain Injury Program, Neuropsychiatry Lead for University of Toronto Neurology Program and the Clinical Research Co-lead for the Concussion Ontario Network. Prior to his current appointments, Dr. Burke completed medical school and neurology training at the University of Toronto as well as a fellowship in Cognitive Neurology and Neuropsychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Burke’s research focuses on complex disorders such as TBI that lie at the interface between neurology and psychiatry.
Dr. Vincy Chan
Assistant Scientist, KITE – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, UHN
Assistant Professor (Status), Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Dr. Vincy Chan is an Assistant Scientist at KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network and an Assistant Professor (Status) at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto. Her research aims to understand the health, health service use, and health outcomes of individuals with TBI across the lifespan and continuum of healthcare. Dr. Chan is also the Co-Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury in Underserved Populations Research Program, which aims to amplify knowledge of traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation to address care gaps and improve health outcomes for diverse underserved populations with traumatic brain injury.
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Host & Producer:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator
Producer:
Rheegan Goodale
Student Journalist & Multimedia Reporter, Humber College
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention, Sunnybrook HSC
Music: Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Follow us on Instagram & Twitter: @letstalkinjury
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This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund.
It is estimated that for every NHL player who suffers a brain injury, approximately 7000 Canadian women experience the same as the result of intimate partner violence. This equates to about 250,000 new cases of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) related brain injury each year in Canada. IPV is a major public health crisis, and includes physical, emotional, sexual, verbal, and other forms of abuse. Nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide will experience IPV in their lifetime, placing them at high risk of acquiring a traumatic brain injury (Brain Injury Canada, 2023).
In part 2 of this episode series, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick continues the conversation with guest speaker Lin Haag around the long-term disparities and solutions needed to address IPV related TBI.
Guest Speaker:
Halina (Lin) Haag, MSW, RSW, PhD(c)
PhD candidate and Contract Faculty member with the Faculty of Social Work, Wilfred Laurier University
Research trainee at the Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab, University of Toronto
Lin is exploring the gendered experiences of brain injury and the barriers and facilitating factors influencing mental health, return to work, and social integration encountered by brain injured women survivors of intimate partner violence. Lin is committed to improving outcomes through direct practice, innovative research, and professional education, believing that increased knowledge and understanding in the community is key. In 2021 she was honoured to receive the Neurological Health Charities of Canada’s Changemaker Award for her work in IPV-related brain injury. As someone with lived experience of brain injury, she has been a guest speaker addressing issues of disability, brain injury, and marginalization for a variety of international academic, professional, and community-based organizations. Her work has been generously funded by the Ontario Women’s Health Scholar Award.
Resources:
Host & Producer:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator
Centre for Injury Prevention
Producer:
Rheegan Goodale
Student Journalist and Multimedia Reporter
Humber College
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Follow us on Instagram & Twitter: @letstalkinjury
Send us a text
This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund.
It is estimated that for every NHL player who suffers a brain injury, approximately 7000 Canadian women experience the same as the result of intimate partner violence. This equates to about 250,000 new cases of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) related brain injury each year in Canada. IPV is a major public health crisis, and includes physical, emotional, sexual, verbal, and other forms of abuse. Nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide will experience IPV in their lifetime, placing them at high risk of acquiring a traumatic brain injury (Brain Injury Canada, 2023).
In this episode, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick is joined by guest speaker Lin Haag to discuss the often missed and unknown connection between TBI and IPV.
Guest Speaker:
Halina (Lin) Haag, MSW, RSW, PhD(c)
PhD candidate and Contract Faculty member with the Faculty of Social Work, Wilfred Laurier University
Research trainee at the Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab, University of Toronto
Lin is exploring the gendered experiences of brain injury and the barriers and facilitating factors influencing mental health, return to work, and social integration encountered by brain injured women survivors of intimate partner violence. Lin is committed to improving outcomes through direct practice, innovative research, and professional education, believing that increased knowledge and understanding in the community is key. In 2021 she was honoured to receive the Neurological Health Charities of Canada’s Changemaker Award for her work in IPV-related brain injury. As someone with lived experience of brain injury, she has been a guest speaker addressing issues of disability, brain injury, and marginalization for a variety of international academic, professional, and community-based organizations. Her work has been generously funded by the Ontario Women’s Health Scholar Award.
Resources:
Host & Producer:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator
Centre for Injury Prevention
Producer:
Rheegan Goodale
Student Journalist and Multimedia Reporter
Humber College
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Follow us on Instagram & Twitter: @letstalkinjury
Send us a text
This season is made possible with the generous support of the Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Innovation Fund.
Traumatic brain injuries can be life-long, irreversible, and often lead to complex cognitive, behavioral, and physical changes. These changes can have significant impact on activities of daily living, employability, and interpersonal relationships. Survivors of traumatic brain injury require specialized rehabilitation and long-term supports to improve recovery and outcome.
In this episode, host Shaelyn Fitzpatrick is joined by guest speakers Nicole and Julie who discuss the importance of access to specialized services and neurorehabilitation for survivors of traumatic brain injury.
Guest Speakers:
Julie Osbelt, BA, TR (Hons)
Toronto ABI Network (TABIN) and Toronto Central ABI System Navigator
Julie’s role as the ABI Referral Coordinator with the Toronto ABI Network is largely intertwined with her role as the Toronto Central ABI System Navigator. She has worked in the field of brain injury for over 25 years. Over the past almost 10 years, Julie has managed a centralized referral system for inpatient and community-based referrals across the GTA for the Toronto ABI Network.
Nicole Cross, RN, MN
Neurosurgical Education and Outreach Network, Clinical Outreach Nurse
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Nicole acts as an ongoing support/ liaison for interprofessional teams at non-specialized centres supporting patients and families who have experienced a traumatic brain injury. Nicole additionally provides education to patients and families recovering from traumatic brain injuries and acts as an ongoing support/ liaison for system navigation and access to specialized services and programs in the community. Nicole also engages in regional and system level initiatives to improve neurosurgical care pathways, quality of care, and transitions in care.
Resources:
Host & Producer:
Shaelyn Fitzpatrick, RN, BScN
Injury Prevention Educator
Centre for Injury Prevention
Producer:
Rheegan Goodale
Student Journalist and Multimedia Reporter
Humber College
Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers own and do not represent Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Follow us on Instagram & Twitter: @letstalkinjury
The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.