Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents: Psychiatric Disorders 24 Years Later

What is it about?

Long-term psychiatric outcome after traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents is an important and under-studied area. This study reported on psychiatric outcome in 45 out of 50 children and adolescents from the time they were consecutively hospitalized for a traumatic brain injury to their 24-year follow up assessment as adults. The main findings were that pre-injury psychiatric disorder and severity of injury significantly and independently increased the risk for the presence of an ongoing new post-injury psychiatric disorder in adulthood. Targeted monitoring and treatment can be conducted when a high risk group is identified.

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