PSYC33H3 Chapter 4a: Mild traumatic brain injury and postconcussion syndrome
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Evidence showing that pcs symptoms influenced by factors other than head injury; therefore not specific to pcs: these symptoms common among individuals with various medical/psychological disorders even in healthy, normal population. Similar symptoms for depression, head injury, orthopedic injury, ptsd. Individuals have relative lack of specificity in symptoms expectation for various disorders; implication symptom checklist for pcs may not be useful for diagnosis. Base rate of postconcussion-like symptoms in a group of healthy university students is relatively high & not related to neuropsychological functioning: healthy population. Alexander (1995): 1 year after injury, ~15% of mtbi patients still have. Epidemiology of postconcussion syndrome: another denominator problem questions around published reports assuming prevalence and epidemiology of pcs. Problems with definition, diagnosis, and nonspecificity of pcs symptoms : persistent pcs mtbi patients who go on to report subjective and functional effects during first few days weeks post injury; it is unlikely. Pcs is a neurologic condition stemming from mtbi.
