According to CNN (1/30, Howard), “a mild traumatic brain injury…may come with a higher risk of mental health problems,” research “supported by the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Defense” indicates.
Healio (1/30, Demko) reports, “Some patients were more likely to develop” post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD “and/or major depressive disorder [MDD] following mild traumatic brain injury, or TBI,” researchers concluded in a study of “1,155 adult patients with mild TBI and 230 patients with non-head orthopedic trauma injuries evaluated in the” emergency departments of 11 hospitals in the US. The findings were published online Jan. 30 in JAMA Psychiatry.
MedPage Today (1/30, George) reports that National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke supported the study, and NINDS program director Patrick Bellgowan, PhD, said, “Mental health disorders after concussion have been studied primarily in military populations, and not much is known about these outcomes in civilians.” He added, “These results may help guide follow-up care and suggest that doctors may need to pay particular attention to the mental state of patients many months after injury.”
Related Links:
— “Mild TBI linked to PTSD, depression in some patients, “Savannah Demko, Healio, January 30, 2019