Research

Published Abstracts 

Lemsky C, Corrigan J, Selby P. Serving People with TBI and Addiction: Collaboration, Symbiosis or Denial?  A paper presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2014; 95(10),e1. 

Gargaro J, Lemsky C. Substance use and Brain Injury:  Helping families get the information they need. Brain Injury (0520). A paper presented at the International Brain Injury Association’s Tenth World Congress on Brain Injury, San Francisco, CA, US. 2014; 28(5-6):709. 

Gargaro J, Lemsky C, Badsha M, O’Brien L, Wolfert S. Is it possible to develop a shared-care model of service provision with an ACT team and a community-based ABI service provider. A paper presented at the International Brain Injury Association’s Tenth World Congress on Brain Injury, San Francisco, CA, US. Brain Injury (0522). 2014; 28(5-6):709. 

Lemsky C, Gargaro J, Miller R, Marsan J, Woff J. Practical Strategies for Problematic Substance use after Brain Injury:  Tales from the frontline (0523). A paper presented at the International Brain Injury Association’s Tenth World Congress on Brain Injury, San Francisco, CA, US. Brain Injury. 2014; 28(5-6):710. 

Lemsky C, Gargaro J, Godden T, O’Brien L, Badsha M, Selby P. Are Mental Health providers treating brain injury survivors? Results of a large-scale screening project (0524). A paper presented at the International Brain Injury Association’s Tenth World Congress on Brain Injury, San Francisco, CA, US.  Brain Injury. 2014; 28(5-6):710. 

Lemsky C.  The relationship between TBI history and treatment outcome in addictions treatment:  Building the Case for Integrated Care. A paper presented to the 9th Conference of the Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special Interest Group, World Federation of Neurorehabilitation  Bergen, Norway. Brain Impairment. 2012;13(1):138. 

Gargaro J, Lemsky C, Badsha M. Supporting individuals with serious mental illness and acquired brain injury living in the community:  An ACT team pilot (0847).  A paper presented at the International Brain Injury Association’s Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Brain Injury. 2012; 26(4-5):757. 

Lemsky C, Dawson D. Measuring outcomes of a community Integration Program (0526).  A paper presented at the International Brain Injury Association’s Eighth World Congress on Brain Injury, Arlington, VA, US. Brain Injury. 2010; 24(3):392. 

Dawson D, Hunt A, Lemsky C, Polatajko H. Real World Strategy Training for Adults with Executive Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury (0501). A paper presented at the International Brain Injury Association’s Eighth World Congress on Brain Injury, Arlington, VA, US. Brain Injury. 2010; 24(3):381. 

Lemsky C, Godden T, James D, Smither C, Smythe C. A systems intervention to increase access to care for substance abuse and brain injury (0138). A paper presented at the International Brain Injury Association’s Eighth World Congress on Brain Injury, Arlington, VA, US. Brain Injury. 2010; 24(3):181. 

Book Chapters 

Lemsky C., Bogner, J.  Substance Use, Misuse and Dependence. In:  The Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology, 2nd Edition.  Kathleen Bechtold and Stephen Wegener (Eds.)  2025. P. 651-686. 

Lemsky C., Bogner, J. Alcohol and Drug Disorders. In: Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition. Jonathan M. Silver, M.D., Thomas W. McAllister, M.D., and David B. Arciniegas, M.D. (Eds.) American Psychiatric Publishing. 2019 P. 745 -787. 

Lemsky C, Godden T. Acquired Brain Injury and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Implications for Treatment. In:  Herie M, Skinner W. editors.  Alcohol and Drug Problems:  A practical Guide for Counsellors, 4th Edition. Toronto ON: Center for Addictions and Mental Health; 2013. p. 419-60. 

Invited Articles 

Lemsky, C.  (2025) Brain Injury, Overdose and Substance-Related Cognitive Impairment:  What can we do when public health crises collide. OBIA Review 32-2 BIAM 

Lemsky, C, Godden, T. (2024).  Accounting for Cognitive Impairment in Concurrent Disorders Treatment:  Practical Resources to Meet the needs of our Most Complex Clients. Healthcare Quarterly, 27:  43-49. 

Lemsky C. The substance use and brain injury bridging project:  How to catch a hot potato.  OBIA Review, 2017. 

Lemsky C. The substance use and brain injury bridging project:  How to catch a hot potato.  Brain Injury Professional, 2013. 

Lemsky C.  Things I didn’t know about Substance Use and Brain Injury.  The Health Professional, Summer, 2012: 30-1.  

Things I didn’t know about substance abuse and brain injury