Sleep issues and mild traumatic brain injury

A variety of sleep disturbances and disorders can be exhibited by mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients, both as acute and chronic sequelae post-injury, and can differ in presentation from those of more severe TBI patients. These disorders require proper recognition and diagnosis by practitioners. While study of mTBI-related sleep disorders has increased in recent years, much remains to be understood concerning the prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders among different populations. Particularly, important areas for further study include the long-term effects of mTBI on sleep, pharmacologic treatment of mTBI-related sleep disorders, the pathophysiology of sleep disruption in mTBI and the interplay of sleep disorders and chronic pain and psychiatric disorders among mTBI patients.