TBI and PTSD study missing link

This study is not anything "new" and seems to be missing the most important link of all. When it comes to getting a concussion in combat, that is a traumatic event and PTSD comes after a traumatic event.

The two are not the same but can be caused by the same event. Dah!

US Marines With Concussions Or Brain Injuries More Likely To Develop PTSD: Study
Medical Daily
By Lecia Bushak
Dec 12, 2013

A new study published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry found that nearly one-fifth of U.S. service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have returned with some form of head injury or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A number of them have experienced both; the study claims that those who experienced brain injuries had a higher risk to develop PTSD.

The PTSD they develop could be related to the actual structural changes that occur in the brain caused by a blast-induced head injury. Dr. Dewleen Baker, who is an author of the study as well as research director at the Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health in San Diego, says these structural changes could be a risk factor for PTSD in the aftermath of a head injury.
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