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PTSD, depression higher in law enforcement officers with head injuries, new research suggests
A concussion is considered a mild traumatic brain injury. Nine percent of total respondents screened positive for PTSD symptoms and 36% reported mild or greater depressive symptoms. Participants ...
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Riding Out the Storm: Sympathetic Storming after Traumatic Brain Injury
In individuals with severe traumatic brain injury or a Glasgow Coma Scale score ... individuals to describe this phenomenon is storming. Symptoms can include alterations in level of consciousness ...
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Colorado Springs Green Beret suicide underscores need for brain injury awareness
However, symptoms more specific to TBI include headaches and dizziness whereas the symptoms more specific to PTSD include flashbacks, shame, and guilt. When both occur, they create a perfect storm ...
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Examining Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Condition: A Workshop
Explore the current evidence on characterizing TBI as a chronic condition and management of chronic or long-term TBI symptoms and disabilities. Describe current research on the incidence and ...