Recent developments in mTBI research

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Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is common in the general population. While objective cognitive deficits are only evident in approximately 20% of individuals by 3-months post-injury, more than 50% of those who present to hospital continue to self-report post-concussion symptoms at least 12 months after injury. The reason that so many individuals experience poor outcomes beyond the 6–12-week period of ‘typical’ recovery is not well understood. Depression and anxiety symptoms have been shown to increase the risk of poor outcome but explain less than a third of the variance in predictive models of outcome. This talk will consider recent developments in mTBI research, which highlight a number of other factors that contribute to risk of poor outcome.

 

Jacqueline Anderson
MPsych (Clin Neuro), PhD, MAPS, FCCN

Dr Jacqueline Anderson, MPsych (Clin Neuro), PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at The University of Melbourne, Australia and an honorary Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist at The Alfred hospital, Melbourne. 

She has more than 25 years of clinical experience in the public and private health sectors and leads the Subcortical Cognitive Dysfunction research lab, which investigates contributors to, and interventions for, poor outcome after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). She is particularly interested in adult civilian mTBI, which is most commonly a result of road traffic accidents, falls and workplace injuries. Her research in this area spans neuropsychological practice, including cognition, affect, behaviour, psychological processes, physical factors and structural neuropathology.