Teenagers need to be alert to the risk of this disease after a concussion!

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Executive Summary

A study published in Sports Health on August 2 showed that teens have a higher proportion of depressive symptoms immediately after a concussion, requiring more comprehensive screening
of teens who have suffered a concussion.

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status quo

     
The study's authors, researchers from the Penn Nursing School of Nursing and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), said concussions are already a growing public health problem, with evidence that concussion patients are at increased
risk of developing various psychiatric effects.

However, most studies have looked at the adult population, and relatively few have looked at how concussions affect the mental health
of adolescents.
Poor mental health can have a negative impact on recovery from concussions, and since nearly a quarter of teens have suffered at least one concussion, correctly identifying mental problems has an important impact on
adolescent recovery.

conclusion

     
The study included a total of 282 adolescents aged 13 to 18 years (including 111 concussion patients and 171 adolescents who did not suffer concussions), and the researchers assessed
the mental health symptoms, including depression and anxiety scores, in the first 28 days after injury.

The average T score of depression in concussion adolescents was 46, which was significantly higher than that of non-concussive adolescents of 42.
8,
and the proportion of concussion adolescents with depression above the normal range was 32.
4%, significantly higher than that of non-concussion adolescents of 20.
5%;
Compared with non-concussive adolescents, concussion adolescents had an increased risk of higher than normal anxiety and depression scores of 1.
45 and 1.
56
, respectively.

These results mean that adolescents with concussions have a significantly increased
risk of depression.

prospect

     
Corresponding author of the study, Dr.
Catherine McDonald, associate professor in the Department of Home Care and Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania and senior fellow at the CHOP Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP), said: "When we screened them for concussion injuries within the first month of a concussion, many children showed depressive symptoms
.
Co-author of
the study, psychologist Dr Jamie Shoop, said: "Most patients have strong resilience and good coping skills after a concussion, but this study shows that about one-third of patients develop mental health needs after an injury, which is why it is so important
for them to have access to comprehensive care including behavioral health support.
" Dr.

Mie Shoop also stressed that in the future, more support should be obtained by helping these teenage concussion patients as early as possible to avoid some symptoms of depression and anxiety
.
In the future, it could focus on early screening to identify and treat symptoms earlier and prevent long-term consequences
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