Post-traumatic stress disorder attributed to traumatic brain injury in children - a systematic review.

Afrim IljaziHåkan AshinaHaidar Muhsen Al-KhazaliMessoud AshinaHenrik Winther SchytzSait Ashina

Published in: Brain injury (2020)

Methodological variations confound comparisons of relative frequency assessments of PTSD attributed to TBI. However, PTSD is associated with considerable long-term disability and undetected PTSD in children should raise public concern. Thus, large scale, prospective studies are needed to ascertain the clinical course of PTSD attributed to TBI in children and adolescence.

Keyphrases

traumatic brain injury
social support
posttraumatic stress disorder
young adults
depressive symptoms
healthcare
severe traumatic brain injury
mental health
emergency department
mild traumatic brain injury
electronic health record