Evaluation of Visual Disturbances After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury-A One-Year Follow-up Study.

Objective: To examine the persistence of visual symptoms in mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) during the first months after injury. It is important to recognize visual disturbances because they can delay return to normal activities, while they might be simultaneously treated by visual therapy. Here we describe the results from a 1-year follow-up study of visual disturbances after MTBI.

Return to work after mild traumatic brain injury: association with positive CT and MRI findings.

Background: Return to work (RTW) might be delayed in patients with complicated mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), i.e., MTBI patients with associated traumatic intracranial lesions.

Associations between cognition and employment outcomes after epilepsy surgery.

Objectives: Previous studies have shown that younger age, higher education, and seizure freedom after epilepsy surgery are associated with employment. However, very few studies have investigated associations with cognition and employment status in epilepsy surgery patients.

Methods: This retrospective study consists of 46 adult patients, who underwent resective epilepsy surgery in the Helsinki University Hospital between 2010 and 2018 and who had been assessed by a neuropsychologist prior to surgery and 6 months after surgery using a systematic test battery.

Status of Clinical Neuropsychology Training in Finland.

This paper provides information on different training models within clinical neuropsychology in Finland. Systematic specialization training program began in Finland in 1983. It was first organized mainly by the Finnish Neuropsychological Society and since 1997 by the Finnish universities.

Post-traumatic headache after mild traumatic brain injury in a one-year follow up study - risk factors and return to work.

Background: Post-traumatic headache (PTH) is a common symptom following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Patients at risk to develop acute PTH (aPTH) and further persistent PTH (pPTH) need to be recognized.

Methods: This is a one-year follow-up of 127 patients with mTBI, aged 18 to 68, referred to outpatient clinic in the Helsinki University Hospital.

Perceived Injustice After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Objective: To examine perceived injustice and its associations with self-reported symptoms and return to work at 3 months after injury in a prospectively recruited sample of patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

Design: Observational study.

Setting: TBI outpatient unit.

Traumatic Microbleeds in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Are Not Associated with Delayed Return to Work or Persisting Post-Concussion Symptoms.

The main objective of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate whether traumatic microbleeds (TMBs) are a significant prognostic factor of return to work (RTW), post-traumatic symptoms, and overall recovery in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). One hundred and thirteen patients with mTBI were recruited from the Helsinki University Hospital emergency units. All patients underwent multi-contrast 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 3-17 days after mTBI.

Prognosis after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Influence of Psychiatric Disorders.

Background: We evaluated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) patients and investigated psychiatric comorbidity in relation to subjective symptoms and return to work (RTW).

Methods: We recruited 103 MTBI patients (mean age 40.8 years, SD 3.

Neuropsychology in Finland - over 30 years of systematically trained clinical practice.

Objective: The aim of this invited paper for a special issue of international practice in The Clinical Neuropsychologist is to provide information on training models, clinical practice, and professional issues within neuropsychology in Finland.

Method: Relevant information was gathered via literature searches, a survey by the Neuropsychology Working Group of the Finnish Psychological Association, archives of the Finnish Neuropsychological Society, and personal communication with professionals in Finland.

Results: The roots of Finnish neuropsychology are linked to the early German tradition of experimental psychology.

Evidence for spared attention to faces in 7-month-old infants after prenatal exposure to antiepileptic drugs.

Introduction: Prenatal antiepileptic drug (AED) exposure is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment and autism spectrum disorders detected mainly at the age of two to six years. We examined whether the developmental aberrations associated with prenatal AED exposure could be detected already in infancy and whether effects on visual attention can be observed at this early age.

Material And Methods: We compared a prospective cohort of infants with in utero exposure to AED (n=56) with infants without drug exposures (n=62).

Following international trends while subject to past traditions: neuropsychological test use in the Nordic countries.

Objective: Historically, the neuropsychological test traditions of the four Nordic countries have spanned from the flexible and qualitative tradition of Luria-Christensen to the quantitative large battery approach of Halstead and Kløve-Matthews. This study reports current test use and discusses whether these traditions still influence attitudes toward test use and choice of tests.

Method: The study is based on survey data from 702 Nordic neuropsychologists.

Stability of vocational outcome in adulthood after moderate to severe preschool brain injury.

We studied how moderate to severe childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects vocational outcome with time. This is the second follow-up of patients who were injured as preschoolers in traffic accidents. In the first follow-up the mean age was 23 years and in the present study the average age of the 27-patient cohort was 40 years.