Powerful Words From Actor Joseph Quinn Now Stroke Survivor

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Reflecting through the evolution, if you will, of stroke understanding, rehabilitation and understanding, throughout history, there exists one common thread and that is fluidity. Cutting through all the minutia in today's healthcare, which is almost exclusively focused on therapies that are physical in nature, in my opinion, there needs to be a drastic change to incorporate components of psychological and emotional therapies, as well. In listening to many stroke sufferers and witnessing others struggling, not so much with the physical limitations of their stroke, but the profound impact the TBI is having on them, both psychologically and emotionally, myself included, it seems paramount that this situation be addressed post-haste. It appears, to me, the healthcare 'industry' has gotten over their skis in relation to the physical versus the mental care of TBI. There should be an adjustment to therapies that equal a 60-40 or even 50-50 respective to mental and physical therapies, in my opinion, not this current therapy model which, in my case, was 99.9% physical and .01% mental and I'm still fumbling around trying to comprehend what happened following my one visit to a neuropsychologist which really only served to exasperate my confusion following my hemorrhagic stroke. In an overview of a newsletter for stroke survivors published through a medical website, this was the suggested approach for mental health therapy: Support groups: Joining a support group can help a person cope with common mental health issues that can occur after a stroke, such as depression. Many find it useful to share common experiences and exchange information.