Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

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  Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: webinar

  In this webinar Cognitive Neurologist, Dr Rowena Mobbs, explains the difference between concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known more simply as CTE. The pattern of symptoms in CTE are explored, including poor emotional and behavioural regulation. There is new support emerging for anyone concerned about CTE from head injuries, including former athletes, military personnel and those who experience acts of physical violence.

• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) dementia by Dementia Australia

  Information about Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) dementia, a condition affecting brain function due to repeated head injuries over time. It describes symptoms, treatment and management options, and tips to support someone with the condition.
• Dementia Australia’s submission to the Senate Inquiry into Concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports

  Publication Date: 2023

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  Concussion and CTE Coalition 2024-25 Pre-budget submission

  Our joint pre-budget submission outlines two proposals to: - Pilot a national program of support for people living with CTE, their families and carers. - Develop a community awareness and education campaign about concussion and CTE – and to prevent CTE
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  CTE funding set to boost Australia’s future brain health - Media release, Friday, 21 February 2025

  Dementia Australia welcomes the $12.5 million investment by the Federal Government to tackle chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

• Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) by Charles J. Golden; Matthew R. Zusman

  Publication Date: 2019

  This book reviews the existing literature around etiology, neuropathology, and clinical manifestations of CTE and includes case studies pertaining to these components of CTE. It investigates the claim that CTE causes depression, violent behavior, and an increased risk for suicide by providing an in depth discussion using empirical data.
• A Healthcare Provider’s Guide To Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): Diagnosis, pharmacologic management, non-pharmacologic management, and other considerations

  CTE is often mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, mood and psychotic disorders, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In some patient, CTE can coexist with other neurodegenerative pathologies such as Alzheimer’s disease.
• Concussion by Michael Lipman; Frankie Lipman

  Publication Date: 2022

  Only in the past decade have the consequences of repeated head knocks become better known, and the science is still rapidly catching up. With the discovery of CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, in the brains of deceased football players, it is now known that the onset of a form of dementia, caused by repeated concussions, can strike people as young as those in their thirties and forties. This is what has happened to Michael Lipman, a former rugby international who came out in public in 2018 as having had a diagnosis of early-onset dementia and probable CTE. With courage and candour, Michael and his wife Frankie Lipman tell their story.
• Unforgettable by Steve Thompson

  Publication Date: 2022

  In 2003, England won the Rugby World Cup. Steve Thompson was in England's front row, at the heart of the match, and at the heart of the scrum - one of sport's most violent battlegrounds. But triumph came at a cost. Today, he remembers nothing about playing in that final. In his words, watching the tape back is like watching a ghost. The years of hurt, and the culture of sucking up punishment and coming back for more, have taken a terrible toll. Steve has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, and serious progressive brain damage.
• Head on: An All Black's memoir of rugby, dementia, and the hidden cost of success by Carl Hayman

  Publication Date: 2023

  Hayman is now left counting the hidden cost of the achievements that would have exceeded any young rugby player's dreams. He now fears both the known and the unknown with equal trepidation. as he looks for answers to dementia and a degenerative brain condition called CTE.
• The Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Mastery Bible Your Blueprint for Complete Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Management by Ankita Kashyap and Krishna N. Sharma

  Publication Date: 2023

  This book offers summary information about CTE and general information to address the multifaceted challenges of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
• Suspected CTE Caregiver Guidebook by Concussion Legacy Foundation

  Publication Date: 2023

  This guidebook provides information about CTE, how suspected CTE is diagnosed, information to compile and consider when talking to your doctor, treatment practices, and supports and services that might assist you and your loved one. Please note this is a US-based publication.

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  Headfirst Podcast - CTE and Concussion with Dr Rowena Mobbs

  This podcast episode discusses the critical topics of concussion, CTE, dementia, and strategies for disease mitigation.
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  Plum - TV Series - ABC iview

  ABC drama television series Plum is a fictional story of Peter Lum as he navigates his cognitive changes and redefines who he is.