People who have suffered from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, a new study asserts. Published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, the study found that people with TBI are 1.6 times more likely to develop schizophrenia and the risk was particularly high in those with a family history of the psychiatric condition. Researchers analyzed nine previous studies that included participants who had suffered TBI and participants from the general population that had not suffered TBI. While the new findings suggest the link does exist, they don’t prove that brain injuries cause schizophrenia. And it could be that patients were already developing the psychiatric condition when their injury occurred, the researchers said. (Msnbc.com, 8/19/11)
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