Traumatic brain injury victims who feel close to a "higher power" have better emotional and physical rehabilitation outcomes, according to a new study from recent Wayne State University graduate Brigid Waldron-Perrine and her mentor, Wayne State psychology professor Lisa J. Rapport. The study has been published in the scholarly journal "Rehabilitation Psychology." Traumatic brain injury is a disruption of normal brain function after a head injury and affects 1.7 million Americans annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Among healthy adults, religion and spirituality have shown strong association with improved life satisfaction and physical and mental health outcomes," said Waldron-Perrine.

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