Welcome to Dr. Zender’s Psychology Today blog, The New Normal.
Traumatic accidents can seriously impact every area of your life. However, with the proper information and support you—or someone you care about—can reclaim the life you were meant to live. In Dr. Zender’s blog, you will find tools, tips and ideas to facilitate your recovery process —tools that will help you to cope with your physical and psychological injuries and conditions. You will learn to do more than just survive, you will learn to thrive!
A note to auto insurance companies: You will find valuable information here that will help you better serve your insured customers. In fact, when patients get the proper supports, needed care and treatment up front, they need far fewer resources in the long run than if support is withheld. That translates into a big win-win for your company and a boost to your bottom line!
What Medical Students Need To Know About Auto Accidents
On July 15, 2016, I was interviewed by Anthony Sarchiapone from McGraw Hill’s medical education podcast series. The focus of the interview was on what new medical students need to know about auto accident survivors when assisting them in the emergency room. A recording of the entire interview can be found here, on this website—DrJamesZender.com. In this blog I will highlight [...]
Auto Accidents and Insurance Issues
Who will pay for your psychological care in the event you sustain psychological injuries in an auto accident? Most people do not know the answer and most do not care to consider it unless they are in need of care. Sadly, it may be too late for you to receive the care you need if you checked the wrong box [...]
Good Therapy is Good Grieving
My training analyst frequently reminded me that good therapy is good grieving. In order to move forward in life, we must constantly tally our life ledgers as to what we have lost and gained. Moving through life involves coping with and integrating constant losses and gains. One of my patients (who I will call Robert for this blog post) who [...]
Spotlight on Brain Trauma: How Motorsports is Spotlighting Personality and Brain Function
It was recently announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be sidelined from Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Race. I blogged previously on NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s concussion resulting from back-to-back crashes in Michigan and Daytona and how it has further advanced public awareness of the silent epidemic of brain trauma. I gave kudos to Dale for talking publicly about the [...]
If You Don’t Look Injured, You Must Be Fine
When it comes to people injured in car accidents who do not show obvious signs of their injuries, it is difficult for others around them to understand what you are experiencing. Friends and family cannot see what is broken inside your head, even on an MRI or CT scan. Read the rest of the article published at Psychology Today.
Auto Accidents and Brain Trauma : What is a concussion?
The public, and even many professionals, are confused by the different terms used to describe a brain injury. Close head injury, traumatic brain injury, concussion, post-concussive syndrome are often used interchangeably. I remember reading somewhere about a study done in a hospital that patients who were diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury were treated very differently from those diagnosed with [...]
