Why Do Some People Develop Psychiatric Disorders After a Brain Injury?

Gould, KR, Ponsford, JL, Johnston, L & Schönberger, M. Journal of Neurotrauma (28), pp 1155-1163.

Researchers followed people with brain injury for one year and found that pre-injury and early post-injury psychiatric issues can predict later post-injury psychiatric disorders.People without pre-injury psychiatric issues were much less likely to have a psychiatric disorder, particularly depression, at one year post-injury. These factors could provide clinicians with a useful indicator of later risk and flag those most in need of monitoring.

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