Concussion was linked to increased risk for mental health issues, psychiatric hospitalization and self-harm among youths aged 5 to 18 years, according to results of a population-based retrospective cohort study.
“Few studies have rigorously examined associations between concussion and risk of psychopathology, new onset of psychiatric disorders or long-term [mental health problems],” Andrée-Anne Ledoux, PhD, of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Canada, and colleagues wrote.
“The studies that investigated these associations lacked