Is Mild TBI Overdiagnosed?

Care of War Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury — Flawed Perspectives (full text requires subscription) 04/15/09. Researchers estimate that more than 300,000 U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury. Dr. Charles Hoge, Herb Goldberg, and Carl Castro write that the clinical definition of “concussion/mild TBI” adopted by the Department of Defense and the VA is inadequate for achieving the objectives of their well-intentioned initiatives. New England Journal of Medicine

Army officials say war concussions overdiagnosed 04/15/09. Mild brain injuries - once considered an under-recognized problem in returning military troops - are being overdiagnosed because the government is using soft criteria instead of hard medical evidence, an Army doctor and two other officials contend. AP