Associations between a history of traumatic brain injuries and conduct disorder during youth in a population sample of Canadian adults

Gabriela Ilie, Christine M. Wickens, Evelyn R. Vingilis, Robert E. Mann, Hayley Hamilton, Maggie Toplak, Edward M. Adlaf, Nathan Kolla, Anca R. Ialomiteanu, Mark van der Mass, Mark Asbridge, Jürgen Rehm, Michael D. Cusimano

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Abstract

This study describes the association between history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and childhood symptoms of conduct disorder (CD). Data were based on telephone interviews with 6048 respondents derived from the 2011–2013 cycles of a representative cross-sectional survey of adults aged 18+ years in Ontario, Canada. TBI was defined as loss of consciousness for at least 5 min or overnight hospitalization due to injury symptoms. Symptoms of CD before 15 years of age were assessed using five items based on the DSM-IV. Adults who reported a history of TBI reported odds 3 times higher for possible CD before 15 years of age. Odds remained significant even when age, sex, marital status, income, and education were statistically controlled. The nature of this data precludes determining if TBI occurred before or following CD symptoms. Nonetheless, the co-occurrence of a history of TBI with symptoms of CD supports the recommendation that practitioners be vigilant in assessing the history of both CD and TBI when diagnosing and treating one of these conditions. These findings do not exclude the possibility that TBI during childhood or youth may be interfering with brain development and could co-occur with conduct behaviors in both the short and long term.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)184-188
Number of pages5
JournalPsychiatry Research
Volume258
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by a Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) grant ( MOP102537 ) and a CIHR Strategic Team Grant in Applied Injury Research ( TIR-103946 ). Additional funding was obtained from a grant from AUTO21 ( B502:BAB ), a member of the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program that is administered and funded by the CIHR, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), in partnership with Industry Canada. The funding organizations did not play any role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review or approval of the manuscript.

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© 2017

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Biological Psychiatry

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