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Dr Malcolm Anderson, research development coordinator in the Faculty of Nursing and Health, has presented his findings to academic staff members and visiting scholars at The Hong Kong Institute of Education.

His study found the significant personality change of those suffering TBI places further stress on their relationships and leads to symptoms of distress. Relatives of those suffering TBI have difficulty coming to terms with changes in role functioning and subsequently experience high levels of burden. However, the outcome for families is not always negative. The families that cope well under these circumstances support one another, openly discuss the problems of TBI, tend not to view disability as threatening and believe in God.

Dr Anderson received a certificate from Centre for Assessment Research and Development director Professor Magdalena Mok in recognition of the quality of the research. He shares the credit with the project's other researchers, Dr Grahame Simpson, a research officer at Liverpool Health Service, and Tamera Gosling, a lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing and Health.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific's Australasian Research Institute and Avondale are major sponsors of the project.