Risk for developing depression increases following traumatic brain injury

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Mayo Clinic Q&A DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is there a link between traumatic brain injury, or TBI, and depression? Would the treatment for depression in someone with a TBI be different than treatment for depression without this sort of injury? ANSWER: Quite a bit of research has been done on this topic. The results clearly show […]

Concussions: Coaches, Players, Physicians Realize Hard-Hitting Lessons

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By Laura Drucker It wasn’t headaches that made Arija Inveiss think she might have a concussion. It wasn’t dizziness or sensitivity to light or any of the obvious symptoms you’d think might occur after a knock to the head. Rather, Inveiss, then a junior at Loyola University Chicago, suspected a concussion after a stack of freshly […]