Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
This webinar from the Concussion Legacy Foundation focuses on helping family and friends support those struggling with lingering concussion symptoms or suspected CTE who are experiencing mental health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CLF CEO Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. was joined by mental health experts Dr. David Reiss, a psychiatrist for over 30 years who treats suspected CTE patients, and Dr. Ciara Dockery, Director of the NFL Life Line, who offered advice for caregivers of concussion and suspected CTE patients to help prepare them for dealing with a mental health crisis.
Panelists also included Noah Abrams, a former college soccer player who has first-hand experience coping with Post-Concussion Syndrome, and CLF Family Advisory Board member Karen Kinzle Zegel, who lost her son Patrick Risha to suicide and donated his brain to the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, where he was diagnosed with CTE.
To learn more about CTE and PCS, visit the following resources:
Sign up for the CTE Resources Newsletter – bit.ly/2xrk886
Join the CTE Resources Facebook Group – bit.ly/2VqzPVV
What is CTE? concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/what-is-CTE
Living with CTE – concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/living-with-CTE
Hope with CTE – concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/hope
Brain Donation Registry – concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/research-registry
Sign up for the PCS Newsletter – bit.ly/39xBPk9
What is PCS? concussionfoundation.org/PCS-resources/what-is-PCS
PCS Treatments - concussionfoundation.org/PCS-resources/PCS-treatments
Coping with PCS - concussionfoundation.org/PCS-resources/coping-with-PCS
Can we help you as you battle your symptoms? Submit a HelpLine Request: concussionfoundation.org/helpline
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This webinar from the Concussion Legacy Foundation focuses on helping family and friends support those struggling with lingering concussion symptoms or suspected CTE who are experiencing mental health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CLF CEO Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. was joined by mental health experts Dr. David Reiss, a psychiatrist for over 30 years who treats suspected CTE patients, and Dr. Ciara Dockery, Director of the NFL Life Line, who offered advice for caregivers of concussion and suspected CTE patients to help prepare them for dealing with a mental health crisis.
Panelists also included Noah Abrams, a former college soccer player who has first-hand experience coping with Post-Concussion Syndrome, and CLF Family Advisory Board member Karen Kinzle Zegel, who lost her son Patrick Risha to suicide and donated his brain to the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, where he was diagnosed with CTE.
To learn more about CTE and PCS, visit the following resources:
Sign up for the CTE Resources Newsletter – bit.ly/2xrk886
Join the CTE Resources Facebook Group – bit.ly/2VqzPVV
What is CTE? concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/what-is-CTE
Living with CTE – concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/living-with-CTE
Hope with CTE – concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/hope
Brain Donation Registry – concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/research-registry
Sign up for the PCS Newsletter – bit.ly/39xBPk9
What is PCS? concussionfoundation.org/PCS-resources/what-is-PCS
PCS Treatments - concussionfoundation.org/PCS-resources/PCS-treatments
Coping with PCS - concussionfoundation.org/PCS-resources/coping-with-PCS
Can we help you as you battle your symptoms? Submit a HelpLine Request: concussionfoundation.org/helpline
Follow us on Facebook - bit.ly/2LOfF2r
Follow us on Twitter - bit.ly/2LMfp47
Follow us on Instagram - bit.ly/2xwXFGS
Follow us on LinkedIn -bit.ly/2J5sQdy
