@article{ref1,
title="The clinical significance of major depression following mild traumatic brain injury",
journal="Psychosomatics",
year="2003",
author="Rapoport, Mark J. and McCullagh, Scott and Streiner, David and Feinstein, Anthony",
volume="44",
number="1",
pages="31-37",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed the association of major depression with behavioral outcome following mild traumatic brain injury. METHOD: Consecutive patients with mild traumatic brain injury (N=170) were assessed for major depression. Those with major depression were compared with those without on self-report measures of psychosocial dysfunction, psychological distress, and postconcussive symptoms in addition to examiner-rated neurobehavioral disturbance. RESULTS: Major depression was seen in 15.3% (N=26) of the subjects after traumatic brain injury, and these individuals showed subjective and objective evidence of poorer outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Major depression is associated with poor outcome across multiple domains. This study highlights the need for the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of major depression following mild traumatic brain injury.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-3182",
doi="10.1176/appi.psy.44.1.31",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.44.1.31"
}