by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | Paediatric Neuropsychology
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), also known as concussion, is a common injury in the pediatric population. In 2014, children aged 0 to 19 made up 32% (812,000) of the 2.5 million TBI-related emergency department visits in the United States, which does not reflect...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | Paediatric Neuropsychology
Although the majority of youth recover relatively quickly from concussion, there is a subset of individuals who experience persisting symptoms after concussion. Consensus guidelines recommend multi-disciplinary care for youth with persisting symptoms, though the role...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | Paediatric Neuropsychology
Recent literature has demonstrated the importance of the neuropsychologist in the treatment and management of persisting symptoms of concussions (Connery et al., Connery et al., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics 27:475–486, 2016; Patricios et al., 2023),...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | Paediatric Neuropsychology
Up to 30% of youth with concussion experience persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS) impacting cognitive, social, mental, and physical health. Limited evidence-based therapies exist to treat PPCS. We present a case of an adolescent female with multiple...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | Paediatric Neuropsychology
Despite advances in pediatric brain injury care, the increasing demographic diversity in the USA is not well represented in the current literature. This case study describes a 15-year-old, Spanish/English bilingual, White Hispanic male who sustained a mild complicated...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | Paediatric Neuropsychology
The oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) variant rs53576 has been linked to social and emotional behavior. Individuals carrying the G allele (AG/GG) have been found to exhibit higher levels of sociability compared to those homozygous for the A allele. However, some studies...
