Depression symptoms can increase with concussion

Many service members who sustain a concussion also cope with depression. There is a distinct connection between depression and traumatic brain injury. In fact, depression diagnoses increase after a brain injury.

“Sometimes the challenge is [that] post-concussive syndrome can sound the same as depression,” said Kelvin Lim, principal investigator for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center location at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System. “It is important to be aware of overlap between the two.”