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  • Traumatic brain injury - A time to reappraise - a wake-up call

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    Beran, Roy G
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    Beran, Roy G.
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is becoming topical with potential association with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dementia and questions are being raised for the Defence Forces. Traumatic brain injury results from head trauma causing altered consciousness or post-trauma amnesia and may be categorised as mild, moderate or severe. It has been recognised since World War I and has re-emerged as a source of concern in sports men and women with potential litigation becoming a reality. Its association with PTSD, cognitive dysfunction, depression and other neurological symptoms is being increasingly recognised with ...
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    Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is becoming topical with potential association with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dementia and questions are being raised for the Defence Forces. Traumatic brain injury results from head trauma causing altered consciousness or post-trauma amnesia and may be categorised as mild, moderate or severe. It has been recognised since World War I and has re-emerged as a source of concern in sports men and women with potential litigation becoming a reality. Its association with PTSD, cognitive dysfunction, depression and other neurological symptoms is being increasingly recognised with new imaging techniques demonstrating pathology not identified in standard CT and MRI. In June 2012, a U.S. class action for 2.500 football players was initiated and has the potential to be the forerunner of similar actions within the Defence Forces.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Military and Veterans' Health
    Volume
    23
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    http://jmvh.org/article/traumatic-brain-injury-a-time-to-reappraise-a-wake-up-call/
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    © 2015 Journal of Military and Veterans' Health. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified
    Dentistry
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/339120
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