AUTHOR=Zaninotto Ana Luiza , Vicentini Jessica Elias , Fregni Felipe , Rodrigues Priscila Aparecida , Botelho Cibele , de Lucia Mara Cristina Souza , Paiva Wellingson Silva 

TITLE=Updates and Current Perspectives of Psychiatric Assessments after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00095

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00095

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<p>Neuropsychological and psychiatric disorders represent a major concern and cause of disabilities after the trauma, contributing to worse recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the lack of well-defined parameters to evaluate patient’s psychiatric disorders leads to a wide range of diagnoses and symptoms. The aim of this study was to perform a review of literature in order to gather data of the most common scales and inventories used to assess and diagnose depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after TBI. We conducted a literature search <italic>via</italic> MEDLINE, PubMed, and Web of Science. We included reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis studies, and we used the following keywords: “traumatic brain injury OR TBI,” “depression OR depressive disorder,” “anxiety,” and “posttraumatic stress disorder OR PTSD.” From 610 titles, a total of 68 systematic reviews or meta-analysis were included in the section “<xref ref-type="sec" rid="S3">Results</xref>” of this review: depression (<italic>n</italic> = 32), anxiety (<italic>n</italic> = 9), and PTSD (<italic>n</italic> = 27). Depression after TBI is a more established condition, with more homogeneous studies. Anxiety and PTSD disorders have been studied in a heterogeneous way, usually as comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders. Some scales and inventories designed for the general community may not be appropriate for patients with TBI.</p>