Publications

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

Psychosocial contributions to concussion recovery

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.

Snell, D.L., Faulkner, J.W., Williman, J.A., Silverberg, N.D., Theadom, A., Surgenor, L.J., Hackney, J., & Siegert, R.J. (2023). Fear avoidance and return to work after mild traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 37(6), 541-550.

Terpstra, A. R., Louie, D. R., Iverson, G. L., Yeates, K. O., Picon, E., Leddy, J. J., & Silverberg, N. D. (2022). Psychological contributions to symptom provocation testing after concussion. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000796. Advance online publication.

Cassetta, B., Cairncross, M., Brasher, P.M.A., Panenka, W.J., & Silverberg, N.D. (2021). Avoidance and endurance coping after mild traumatic brain injury are associated with disability outcomes. Rehabilitation Psychology, 66(2), 160-169.

Functional cognitive disorder

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

Mikolić, A., Klotz, T., Brasher, P.M.A., Yeates, K.O., Vranceanu, A-M., Kendall, K.D., Snell, D.L., Debert, C.T., Bayley, M.T., Panenka, W.J., Cairncross, M., Hunt, C., Burke, M.J., Tartaglia, M.C., & Silverberg, N.D. Graded exposure therapy for fear avoidance behaviour after concussion (GET FAB): protocol for a multisite Canadian randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14:e086602.
Ledoux, A. A., Zemek, R., Cairncross, M., Silverberg, N., Sicard, V., Barrowman, N., Goldfield, G., Gray, C., Harris, A. D., Jaworska, N., Reed, N., Saab, B. J., Smith, A., & Walker, L. (2024). Smartphone app-delivered mindfulness-based intervention for mild traumatic brain injury in adolescents: Protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial. JMIR research protocols, 13, e57226.
Næss-Schmidt, E. T., Thastum, M. M., Stabel, H. H., Odgaard, L., Pedersen, A. R., Rask, C. U., Silverberg, N. D., Schröder, A., & Nielsen, J. F. (2022). Interdisciplinary intervention (GAIN) for adults with post-concussion symptoms: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial. Trials, 23(1), 613.

Silverberg, N. D., Cairncross, M., Brasher, P., Vranceanu, A. M., Snell, D. L., Yeates, K. O., Panenka, W. J., Iverson, G. L., Debert, C. T., Bayley, M. T., Hunt, C., Baker, A., Burke, M. J., & Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium (CTRC) (2021). Feasibility of concussion rehabilitation approaches tailored to psychological coping styles: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, S0003-9993(21)01732-9. Advance online publication.

Greenberg, J., Singh, T., Iverson, G.L., Silverberg, N.D., Macklin, E.A., Parker, Giacino, J.T., Yeh, G.Y., & Vranceanu, A-M. (2021). Live video mind-body treatment to prevent persistent symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury: Protocol for a mixed-methods study. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(1), e25746.

Silverberg, N.D., Panenka, W., Lizotte, P.P., Bayley, M.T., Dance, D., & Li, L. (2020). Promoting early treatment for mild traumatic brain injury in primary care with a guideline implementation tool: A pilot cluster randomized trial. BMJ Open, 10(10):e035527.

Concussion knowledge synthesis

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.

Silverberg, N. D., Iaccarino, M. A., Panenka, W. J., Iverson, G. L., McCulloch, K. L., Dams-O’Connor, K., . . . McCrea, M. on behalf of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Mild TBI Task Force. (2020). Management of concussion and mild traumatic brain injury: A synthesis of practice guidelines. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 101(2):382-393.

Neuropsychological assessment

Silverberg, N. D., & Rush, B. K. (2024). Neuropsychological evaluation of functional cognitive disorder: A narrative review. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 38(2), 302–325.

Kuzmuk, L. E., Rebchuk, A. D., Deptuck, H. M., Cairncross, M., Silverberg, N. D., & Field, T. S. (2023). Three-month practice effect of the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery in young healthy adults. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences, 50(5), 769–772.

Cairncross, M., Gindwani, H., Rita Egbert, A., Torres, I. J., Hutchison, J. S., Dams O’Connor, K., Panenka, W. J., Brubacher, J. R., Meddings, L., Kwan, L., Yeates, K. O., Green, R., Silverberg, N. D., & National Biobank and Database of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (CanTBI) investigators and the Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium (CTRC) (2022). Criterion validity of the brief test of adult cognition by telephone (BTACT) for mild traumatic brain injury. Brain injury, 36(10-11), 1228–1236.

Abeare, C., Erdodi, L., Messa, I., Terry, D.P., Panenka, W.J., Iverson, G.L., & Silverberg, N.D. (2021). Development of embedded performance validity indicators in the NIH Toolbox Cognitive Battery. Psychological Assessment, 33(1), 90-96.