Dr. Mark Sherer, principal investigator of the Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System at TIRR has an excellent interview in the Atlantic Monthly. Fred Vox interviews Dr. Sherer on the insights he and his team have discovered in treating people with TBI and their families. The article focuses in particular on the rehabilitation of Rep Gabrielle Giffords and what she and her family may experience as they work towards reintegration:

In cases of severe TBI like Rep. Giffords’s, the social support system her husband has at his disposal, which appears to be among the finest ever assembled, bodes well for full future social reintegration, as does his own emotional health and their track record together as a highly functioning family prior to this incident.

The full article is available for free at http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/02/giffordss-superspecialized-brain-doctor-adding-insight-to-injury/70840/