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Contextual Considerations for the Increased Risk of Mental Health Problems Following Concussion in Youth

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Elsewhere in JAMA Network Open, Ledoux and colleagues 1 have shared their work on a 10-year provincewide (Ontario, Canada) population-based cohort study on a retrospective health administration data set showing that children aged 5 to 18 years with concussion were at risk for a novel mental health problem.A total of 152 321 youths with concussion and 296 482 youths with orthopedic injury were matched by age and sex, excluding those with previous mental health conditions or brain injuries.The study found that the concussion cohort had a greater risk for developing mental health issues, self-harm, and psychiatric hospitalization compared with the cohort with orthopedic injury.Death by suicide was also more common in the concussed cohort, although it was not statistically different.

Source: JAMA Network Open

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.1242

Author: Talin Babikian

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,000