Psychiatric treatment outcome following traumatic brain injury

Traumatic Brain Injury History Among Individuals Using Mental Health and Addictions Services: A Scoping Review

“…Gender was not clearly defined and was reported as man/woman or male/female, thus appearing to be conflated with biological sex. Among 5 studies finding a relationship between TBI history and sex/gender, male participants were consistently found to have a higher prevalence of TBI 29,30,34,49,53,56…”

“…Ten studies examined diagnostic categories in relation to TBI history 29–31,42,43,47,53–57. Diagnostic conceptualizations varied between studies (eg, using different editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ).…”

“…The search and screening results are presented in Figure 1. Twenty-seven journal articles and 2 dissertations were included in the review, describing 28 unique studies (1 study being reported by both a dissertation and journal article29,30). Included documents were published between 1990 and 2018, originating from the United States ( n = 23), Canada ( n = 2), the United Kingdom ( n = 2), New Zealand ( n = 1), and Norway ( n = 1).…”

“…Twenty-two studies examined whether certain variables were associated with TBI (see Supplemental Table 2, available at: http://links.lww.com/JHTR/A538). Twelve studies used bivariate analyses (eg, t tests or χ 2 tests) to establish an association between TBI and other variables,31,34,37,42–44,47,50,54–57 while 10 studies included multivariable analyses to establish a relationship between variables and TBI history 29,30,33,35,36,38,39,41,46,49,53…”

“…Seven studies assessed the severity of participants' mental health symptoms 29–31,35,37,39,49,53. Four studies used various structured scales for symptom assessment29,30,35,39,53 and 3 used unstructured methods 31,37,49.…”