Persistent post-concussion symptoms in children: pre-injury social difficulties and acute stress reaction as risk factors

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe children’s diverse patterns of recovery from mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) and the presentation of persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS).

2. Describe the association between social functioning, stress, and mTBI outcomes, and explain how pre-injury social difficulties may hamper recovery from mTBI in children.

Irit Aviv, Maayan Shorer, Silvana Fennig, Hillel Aviezer, Dana Singer-Harel, Alan Apter & Tammy Pilowsky Peleg (2023) Persistent post-concussion symptoms in children: pre-injury social difficulties and acute stress reaction as risk factors, Child Neuropsychology, 29:1, 115-135, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2022.2072823