Mild head injury in children and adolescents

Although mild head injury is the most prevalent type of head injury in chil dren and adolescents, only a relatively small number of studies on this kin d of head injury have been reported. This article summarizes a review of st udies examining cognitive, academic;:and psychosocial outcomes in children who sustained mild head injuries. Despite earlier claims of mild head injur y being a "silent epidemic," the studies, which were published from 1970 to 1998, provide no compelling evidence to support this view.