Mild TBIs Linked to Social and Mental Dysfunction
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found a link between traumatic brain injury and social and mental dysfunction. Their conclusion sounds intuitively obvious, but what is surprising is the apparent mild nature of the injury. A long forgotten mild traumatic brain injury could be linked to literacy problems and drops in intellectual abilities and eventually addiction problems. Wayne A. Gordon, director of the Brain Injury Research Center at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, explains, "Unidentified traumatic brain injury is an unrecognized major source of social and vocational failure.” Ongoing complications experienced by traumatic brain injury victims include seizures, infections, nerve damage, cognitive disabilities, sensory problems, difficulty swallowing, language difficulties, personality changes and Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease
