Neuropsychology of COVID-19: Anticipated cognitive and mental health outcomes.

Objective: Discuss anticipated patterns of cognitive and emotional dysfunction, prognostic indicators, and treatment considerations based on review of (a) neuroinvasive properties of prior human coronaviruses and (b) extensively researched disorders which share similar neurological mechanisms.

Method: A web-based comprehensive search of peer-reviewed journals was conducted based on a variety of key terms (and variants of) including coronavirus, neuroinvasion, cognitive dysfunction, viral pandemics, respiratory illness, critical illness, and metabolic disease. Articles were chosen based on relevance to the current topic and ability to provide unique thematic information.

Rehabilitation Needs at 5 Years Post-Traumatic Brain Injury: A VA TBI Model Systems Study.

Objective: Describe rehabilitation needs and factors associated with unmet needs at 5 years post-traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Setting: Five Veterans Affairs (VA) polytrauma rehabilitation centers (PRCs).

Participants: VA TBI Model Systems participants (N = 283; 96% male, 75%, 57% severe TBI).

Neuropsychological Characteristics of the Confusional State Following Traumatic Brain Injury.

Objectives: Individuals with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience a transitory state of impaired consciousness and confusion often called posttraumatic confusional state (PTCS). This study examined the neuropsychological profile of PTCS.

Methods: Neuropsychometric profiles of 349 individuals in the TBI Model Systems National Database were examined 4 weeks post-TBI (±2 weeks).