Publications

See here for a complete list of publications and below for representative examples.

Psychosocial contributions to concussion recovery

Shi, S., Mikolic, A., LeMoult, J., Rights, J., Panenka, W., & Silverberg, N.D. (2025). Prediction of mental health complications following traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 42(15-16), 1359-1370.

Lam, B., Mikolić, A., Bayley, M., Chandra, T., Comper, P., Foster, E., Sathish, T., & Silverberg, N. D. (2025). Trajectories of fear avoidance behavior and recovery after mild traumatic brain injury: Findings from the Toronto Concussion Study. Rehabilitation psychology, 10.1037/rep0000619. Advance online publication.

Nair, M.A., Silverberg, N.D., Picon, E.L., Debert, C., Bayley, M., Hunt, C., Cairncross, M. (2025). Avoidance and endurance coping post-mTBI: Patterns of coping and associated psychological functioning. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47(24), 6358–6366.

Shi, S., Rioux, M., Dhariwal, A.K., & Silverberg, N.D. (2023). Attachment and clinical outcomes in treatment-seeking adults with persistent symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury. The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 35(2), 151–157.

Functional cognitive disorder

Burke, M. J., & Silverberg, N. D. (2025). New framework for the continuum of concussion and functional neurological disorder. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 59(3), 145–147.

Shi, S., Picon, E. L., Rioux, M., Panenka, W. J., & Silverberg, N. D. (2024). Catastrophizing is associated with excess cognitive symptom reporting after mild traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 38(2), 126–133.

Picon, E. L., Wardell, V., Palombo, D. J., Todd, R. M., Aziz, B., Bedi, S., & Silverberg, N. D. (2023). Factors perpetuating functional cognitive symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 45(10), 988–1002.

Godena, E. J., Freeburn, J. L., Silverberg, N. D., & Perez, D. L. (2023). A case of Functional Cognitive Disorder: Psychotherapy and speech and language therapy insights. Harvard review of psychiatry, 31(5), 248–256.

Rioux, M., Wardell, V., Palombo, D. J., Picon, E. L., Le, M. L., & Silverberg, N. D. (2022). Memory for forgetting in adults with persistent symptoms following concussion. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 44(1), 19–30.

Picon, E. L., Todorova, E. V., Palombo, D. J., Perez, D. L., Howard, A. K., & Silverberg, N. D. (2022). Memory perfectionism is associated with persistent memory complaints after concussion. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 37(6), 1177–1184.

Concussion intervention studies

Mikolic, A., Brasher, P.B.A., Li, L.C., Brubacher, J.R., Scheuermyer, F.X., Lizotte, P-P., Zou, W., Panenka, W.J., Archambault, P., Park, H., Shi, K., Khazei, A., & Silverberg, N.D. Effectiveness of a guideline implementation tool for supporting management of mental health complications after mild traumatic brain injury in primary care: a randomised controlled trial. (2026). The Lancet Primary Care, 2(1), 100088.
Rioux, M., Brasher, P. M. A., McKeown, G., Yeates, K. O., Vranceanu, A. M., Snell, D. L., Cairncross, M., Panenka, W. J., Iverson, G. L., Debert, C. T., Bayley, M. T., Hunt, C., Burke, M. J., & Silverberg, N. D. (2025). Graded exposure therapy for adults with persistent symptoms after mTBI: A historical comparison study. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 35(7), 1349–1365.
Rioux, M., Mamman, R., Byworth, M. T., Panenka, W. J., Howard, A. K., Perez, D. L., Schmidt, J., Courchesne, C., LeMoult, J., Heran, M. K., & Silverberg, N. D. (2024). Pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of cognitive-behavioural therapy for functional cognitive disorder after concussion. BMJ Neurology Open, 6(2), e000666.
Greenberg, J., Levey, N. S., Becker, M., Yeh, G. Y., Giacino, J. T., Iverson, G., Silverberg, N. D., Parker, R. A., & Vranceanu, A. M. (2025). Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of the Toolkit for Optimal Recovery After Concussion: A Live Video Program to Prevent Persistent Concussion Symptoms in Young Adults With Anxiety. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 106(4), 527–536.

Concussion knowledge synthesis

Silverberg, N. D., & Leddy, J. J. (2026). Progress in Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury Science and Clinical Care Over the Last 40 Years. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 41(1), 2–15.

Cancelliere, C., Verville, L., Stubbs, J., Yu, H., Hincapié, C.A., Cassidy, J.D., Wong, J., Shearer, H., Connell, G., Southerst, D., Howitt, S., Guist, B., & Silverberg, N.D. (2023). Post-concussion symptoms and disability in adults with mild traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Neurotrauma, 40(11-12), 1045-1059.

Silverberg, N. D., & Mikolić, A. (2023). Management of psychological complications following mild traumatic brain injury. Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 23(3), 49–58.

Schneider, K.J., Critchley, M., Anderson, V., Davis, G.A., Debert, C., Fedderman-Demont, N., Gangon, I., Guskiewicz, K., Hayden, K.A., Herring, S.A., Johnstone, C., Makdissi, M., Master, C.L., Moser, R.M., Patricios, J., Register-Mihalik, J.K., Ronksley, P.E., Silverberg, N.D., & Yeates, K.O. (2023). Targeted interventions and their effect on recovery in children, adolescents, and adults who have suffered a sport-related concussion: A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(11), 771-779.

Silverberg, N.D., & Iverson, G.L on behalf of the ACRM Mild TBI Definition Expert Consensus Group and the ACRM Brain Injury Special Interest Group Mild TBI Task Force. (2021). Expert panel survey to update the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine definition of mild traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102(1), 76-86.