Researchers look at the possible predictors for depression after injury and the effects on patients 1 year later.
Major depression is the most common psychiatric condition that develops after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Because of small study populations and compromised study designs, researchers have reported highly variable rates, predictors, and outcomes of major depression in TBI patients. In this more-definitive, prospective, cohort study, researchers used standardized measures to assess major depression, anxiety, and quality of life for 1 year in 559 consecutively hospitalized patients with complicated-mild, moderate, or severe TBI and no psychosis or severe alcohol intoxication at injury. Assessments occurred monthly for 6 months and then bimonthly.
Overall, 53% of participants met depression criteria at least once during follow-up; the point p…
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DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)
DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)