Cognitive—Behavioral Treatment of Postconcussion Syndrome

摘要: Postconcussion Syndrome (PCS) is a disorder that occurs following about 75% to 80% of all mild head injuries (Alves, Colohan, O’Leary, Rimel, & Jane, 1986; Girodani, Barth, Boll, 1981). Whereas severe injury generally produces neuropsychological deficits in memory and intellectual function, concussion can result more subtle disruptions daily functioning the months trauma. This consistent cluster postconcussive symptoms includes difficulty with attention concentration, disturbances memory, headache, vertigo, anxiety, depression, fatigue, irritability, blurred vision, sensitivity light (Mittenberg, DiGiulio, Perrin, Bass, 1992; World Health Organization, 1978). Given nearly 325,000 annually occur United States are classified as (Levin, Eisenberg, Benton, 1989), design effective treatment for PCS appears warranted.