Post-Traumatic Headache is Associated with Worse Anxiety and Mood Symptoms in Adolescent Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

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Michael W. Williams Justin E. Karr Alyssa M. Day Amanda C. Glueck Siddharth Kapoor Dong Y Han

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Dong Y Han
Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

A B S T R A C T

This study examined the relationships between post-traumatic headache (PTH) and mental health symptoms after concussions to inform adolescent concussion management. Headache is the most common complaint following adolescent concussion. In this sample of 123 adolescents with concussion, there was a 5-fold increase in odds of clinically elevated anxiety, as well as increased mental health symptoms (anxiety, depression, anger, and disruptive behaviours), among adolescents with PTH relative to those without PTH. Adolescents with headache following concussions are vulnerable to worse mental health outcomes, particularly anxiety, and may benefit from routine monitoring of mental health symptoms for early detection and intervention.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Sat 02, Jul 2022
Accepted: Mon 18, Jul 2022
Published: Mon 08, Aug 2022

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© 2023 Dong Y Han. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.NNB.2022.02.04