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Weekly JAMA Feature for May 18
HIGH RATES OF DEPRESSION IN FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
JAMA RADIO REPORT
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
EARLY EMBARGO: This week’s package has an early embargo until
10 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
May 18, 2010
VO: PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ARE AT A HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPING DEPRESSION. TREATING BRAIN INJURIES OFTEN CENTERS ON PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE ISSUES BUT DEPRESSION CAN BE JUST AS DISABLING. A NEW STUDY SHOWS HIGH RATES OF DEPRESSION IN THE FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING A BRAIN INJURY. IT MAY ALSO GO UNDIAGNOSED AND UNTREATED, LEADING TO A POORER QUALITY OF LIFE.
“53 percent of the individuals we studied developed major depression during the year we followed them.”
“Only 44 percent received any medication or counseling for their depression.”
VO: DR. CHARLES BOMBARDIER (BOM-BAR-DEE-AY) AND DR JESSE FANN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN SEATTLE AND CO-AUTHORS STUDIED 559 HOSPITALIZED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS FOR ONE ENTIRE YEAR. THE STUDY APPEARS THIS WEEK IN A THEME ISSUE ON MENTAL HEALTH IN JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Depression is even more common after moderate to severe brain injury than we had previously thought.”
“If we let the depression go untreated we think that peoples overall outcomes are going to be much poorer than otherwise.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.
10 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
May 18, 2010
VO: PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ARE AT A HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPING DEPRESSION. TREATING BRAIN INJURIES OFTEN CENTERS ON PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE ISSUES BUT DEPRESSION CAN BE JUST AS DISABLING. A NEW STUDY SHOWS HIGH RATES OF DEPRESSION IN THE FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING A BRAIN INJURY. IT MAY ALSO GO UNDIAGNOSED AND UNTREATED, LEADING TO A POORER QUALITY OF LIFE.
“53 percent of the individuals we studied developed major depression during the year we followed them.”
“Only 44 percent received any medication or counseling for their depression.”
VO: DR. CHARLES BOMBARDIER (BOM-BAR-DEE-AY) AND DR JESSE FANN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN SEATTLE AND CO-AUTHORS STUDIED 559 HOSPITALIZED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS FOR ONE ENTIRE YEAR. THE STUDY APPEARS THIS WEEK IN A THEME ISSUE ON MENTAL HEALTH IN JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Depression is even more common after moderate to severe brain injury than we had previously thought.”
“If we let the depression go untreated we think that peoples overall outcomes are going to be much poorer than otherwise.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.