Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 08:36:46 -0800
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Link Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress
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Link Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress
From Medscape Medical News
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New Recommendations Link Brain Injury
and Posttraumatic Stress
Allison Gandey
Authors and Disclosures
November 24, 2010 -
More consistency and collaboration
are needed among those working in
traumatic brain injury and
posttraumatic stress, say
investigators.
In 9 new articles published in the
November issue of the Archives of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
researchers are seeking consensus.
"This was a monumental undertaking,
bringing together the National
Institutes of Health, the Department
of Defense, Veterans Affairs, the
Centers for Disease Control, and other
international partners," Leighton
Chan, MD, Archives deputy editor, said
in a news release. "This set of
papers will set the stage for all
future clinical research on traumatic
brain injury and posttraumatic stress
disorder, diverse, yet interrelated,
fields."
The study authors say they hope to
accelerate future research by
establishing a common language for
the degree of injury, how it is measured
and classified, and for treatment and
potential outcomes.
The recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
have highlighted how intertwined
traumatic brain injury and stress-related
psychological conditions may be.
"The recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
have highlighted how intertwined
traumatic brain injury and stress-related
psychological conditions may be,"
lead study author John Whyte, MD,
from the Moss Rehabilitation Research
Institute in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania,
pointed out in a commentary.
The conditions share common risk factors,
symptoms, and functional impairment.
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The working group defines altered
brain function as 1 of the following
clinical signs:
* Any period of loss of or
decreased level of consciousness;
* Any loss of memory of events
immediately before or after the injury;
* Neurologic deficits such as
weakness, loss of balance, change in
vision, paralysis, sensory loss, or
aphasia; or
* Any alteration in mental
state such as confusion, disorientation,
or slowed thinking.
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New Recommendations Link Brain Injury and
Posttraumatic Stress
Medscape Medical News , 2010-11-24
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