Recognizing the Symptoms of Mental Illness following Concussions in the Sports Community: A Need for Improvement.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Jane Topolovec-Vranic, Stanley Zhang, Hatty Wong, Emily Lam, Rowan Jing, Kelly Russell, Michael D Cusimano, Canadian Brain Injury and Violence Research Team
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Northwest Territories; Canada; British Columbia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141699; https://doaj.org/article/0777c22bf75c4539b2057a9e3acf648a

To evaluate the awareness of concussion-related symptoms amongst members of the sports community in Canada.A cross-sectional national electronic survey was conducted. Youth athletes, parents, coaches and medical professionals across Canada were recruited through mailing lists from sports-related opt...