Treatment of Depression after Traumatic Brain Injury Reduces Risk of Neuropsychiatric Outcomes.

Authors

Jennifer S Albrecht
Alison Lydecker
Matthew E Peters MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Vani Rao

Publication/Presentation Date

12-1-2020

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to identify characteristics associated with receipt of antidepressants for treatment of incident depression diagnosed following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to assess the impact of receipt of treatment for depression on risk of other neuropsychiatric outcomes associated with TBI. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of individuals with TBI who were subsequently diagnosed with incident depression between 2008 and 2014 using data from the OptumLabs

Volume

37

Issue

23

First Page

2542

Last Page

2548

ISSN

1557-9042

Published In/Presented At

Albrecht JS, Lydecker A, Peters ME, Rao V. Treatment of Depression after Traumatic Brain Injury Reduces Risk of Neuropsychiatric Outcomes. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Dec 1;37(23):2542-2548. doi: 10.1089/neu.2019.6957. Epub 2020 Jul 8. PMID: 32394786.

Disciplines

Psychiatry

PubMedID

32394786

Department(s)

Department of Psychiatry

Document Type

Article