Untangling chronic pain and post-concussion symptoms: the significance of depression.

CONCLUSIONS: Unique patterns associated with each condition were evident though caution is required in attributing PCS and cognitive symptoms to a brain injury in people with mTBI presenting with chronic pain and/or depression. Psychological constructs such as illness and recovery beliefs appear to be important to consider in the development of treatment interventions. PMID: 29388838 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Brain Injury - Category: Neurology Tags: Brain Inj Source Type: research