Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
Published online: 10 April 2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-315510
Alan Carson
There has been a large media interest over the recent years in the long-term health effects of concussive injuries sustained by sportsman, culminating in a Hollywood movie ‘Concussion’ starring Will Smith. Hardly a week goes by without further studies being announced in the media and creating considerable interest in social media. The message is that concussion is a dangerous condition that causes a complex neuropsychiatric disorder, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), with a neuropsychiatric phenotype of mood change, irritability and suicidal behaviour which develops…
