Influence of the severity and location of bodily injuries on post-concussive and combat stress symptom reporting after military-related concurrent mild traumatic brain injuries and polytrauma.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) sustained in combat frequently co-occur with significant bodily injuries. Intuitively, more extensive bodily injuries might be associated with increased symptom reporting. In 2012, however, French et al.

Pilot of a novel intervention for postconcussive symptoms in active duty, veterans, and civilians.

Purpose/objective: The authors present a study aimed at pilot testing a novel delivery method, namely a computer intervention, for postconcussive symptom reduction in active duty, veteran, and civilian patients with acute and chronic complaints. Following a concussion/mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), most individuals recover completely, but a significant proportion report postconcussive symptoms months to years following the injury. Psychoeducational intervention has shown to be effective in reducing postconcussive symptoms in studies done with acute civilian samples, but the efficacy of psychoeducational interventions with individuals who served in combat or have chronic complaints remains unclear.

Differences in self-reported depressive symptoms between patients with epileptic and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.

Depression is a multidimensional condition encompassing affective, physiological, and cognitive symptoms. Although depression's high comorbidity with both epileptic and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (ES and PNES) has been established, few studies have addressed whether the types of depressive symptoms experienced differ by seizure type (ES and PNES). This study compared the self-reported depressive symptomatology of patients (n=60 ES and 59 PNES) who underwent video-EEG monitoring and completed self-reported objective measures of psychopathology (PAI and BDI-II).