Depression Often Follows Head Injury
People who sustain head injuries are at a high risk for depression new research shows. An alarming 33 percent of patients who suffered head injury in a study developed a "major depressive disorder" within one year. These patients were also found to have sustained changes to their brain structure.Dr Huw Williams, from Exeter University, told BBC News Online that doctors were becoming increasingly aware of the mental problems faced by head injury patients even after the physical side of their injury had disappeared. Read more: Head injury linked to depression SHARE:
Posted In: Depression Research | Tags: Head Injury | Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff on December 28, 2006 at 09:33 AM | Permalink |
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