Abstract

Multidisciplinary approach to psychiatric symptoms in mild traumatic brain injury: Complex sequelae necessitate a cadre of treatment providers

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  • Multidisciplinary approach to psychiatric symptoms in mild traumatic brain injury: Complex sequelae necessitate a cadre of treatment providers

  • Nonscientific coverage of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) further adds to the fractured information the lay population is accumulating in the area of concussion and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)

  • Epidemiological studies report that 1.7 million individuals in the United States alone suffer mTBI, with over 300,000 occurring in sports‐related injury

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Introduction

Multidisciplinary approach to psychiatric symptoms in mild traumatic brain injury: Complex sequelae necessitate a cadre of treatment providers. Acute and chronic psychiatric consequences of concussion, mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and repeated head injury have gained widespread attention, in part, due to the highly publicized cases of professional athletes and active military with repeated head injuries or chronic symptoms of head injury who have committed suicide in recent years.

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