Abstract Background Severe traumatic stressors such as war, rape, or life-threatening accidents can result in a debilitating psychopathological development conceptualised as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Pathological memory formation during an alarm response may set the precondition for PTSD to occur.If true, a lack of memory formation by extended unconsciousness in the course of brands of ely the traumatic experience should preclude PTSD.Methods 46 patients from a neurological rehabilitation clinic were examined by means of questionnaires and structured clinical interviews.All patients had suffered a TBI due to an accident, but varied with respect to illamasqua bon falling unconscious during the traumatic event.
Results 27% of the sub-sample who were not unconscious for an extended period but only 3% (1 of 31 patients) who were unconscious for more than 12 hours as a result of the accident were diagnosed as having current PTSD (P Conclusion TBI and PTSD are not mutually exclusive.However, victims of accidents are unlikely to develop a PTSD if the impact to the head had resulted in an extended period of unconsciousness.