Open AccessMild Traumatic Brain Injury
Author(s) -
Thomas W. McAllister
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
focus the journal of lifelong learning in psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1541-4108
pISSN - 1541-4094
DOI - 10.1176/appi.focus.20160025
Subject(s) - traumatic brain injury , public health , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathology
Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is a significant public health problem worldwide. Injured individuals have an increased relative risk of developing a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions associated with the profile of brain regions typically affected in TBI. Within a neurobiopsychosocial framework, this article reviews what is known about the neuropsychiatric sequelae of MTBI, with an emphasis on recent advances.
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