“Multidisciplinary approaches to diagnosis and management of traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES)” is believed to progress well beyond anything covered already by the Journal, regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI). It allows wide consideration of the topic, even including an analysis of the legal medicine ramifications. Having been a neurologist, in the military and holding academic appointment in medical law, I believe that the legal medicine consequences of TES may ignite an avalanche of litigation and definitely represent the frontiers of the bio- and patho-physiological evolution that underpins the human costs attributed as by-products of the neurological sequelae of TES. These can only be properly addressed once the current knowledge, regarding TES, has been further explored and developed to allow better understanding of the ante-mortem changes that accompany TES, with the expressed purpose of developing a more informative management strategy, adopting a multidisciplinary approach, that can be widely adopted.
The goal, encompassed in the above material, is to extend that which already has been covered within the Journal. The aim is to expand the focus, relevant to traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), to encourage a wider pool of experts to become involved and interact, in a multidisciplinary approach, to allow initiation of a programme which is designed to motivate those, already involved in the area, to reconsidered their perspective, within the context of operating within a multidisciplinary team.
The anticipation is that the Journal also will expand potential contributors further, beyond those nominated by the occasional editor(s), to facilitate an enhanced collaboration with those whom it already has identified as applicable, to start preparing material for the Journal issue. The expectation is that this issue, of the journal, will serve as a pivotal reference upon which to seek appropriate further evolution in the general approach to the care being offered for those with TES.
The scope of the material would have relevance both to neurotrauma and diagnostic and forensic neuropathology.
Topic Editors will welcome Original Research, Review, Systematic Review, Mini-Review, Methods, Hypothesis and Theory, Perspective, Clinical Trial, Brief Research report, General Commentary, and Opinion that cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:
• Consideration of Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) within the context of a multidisciplinary team.
• Evaluate the material from the combined perspective of both neurotrauma and diagnostic and forensic neuropathology.
• Develop and report multidisciplinary research aimed to refine diagnostic criteria, identify relevant and prognostic biomarkers, delineate the neuroepidemiology, optimise clinical management and develop best practice clinical guidelines.
• There is scope for experiment psychologists to devise new tests to measure putative behavioural traits linked to CTE and for clinical psychologists to manage symptoms and detect features in those with first presentations.
• Analyse the legal medicine ramifications of the impact that TES and CET has on both affected individuals and the environments in which they operate/function
• Provide a perspective on the development of affordable and relevant diagnostic tools designed to be readily available, identify potentially affected individuals and offer an approach that may lead to effective intervention.
“Multidisciplinary approaches to diagnosis and management of traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES)” is believed to progress well beyond anything covered already by the Journal, regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI). It allows wide consideration of the topic, even including an analysis of the legal medicine ramifications. Having been a neurologist, in the military and holding academic appointment in medical law, I believe that the legal medicine consequences of TES may ignite an avalanche of litigation and definitely represent the frontiers of the bio- and patho-physiological evolution that underpins the human costs attributed as by-products of the neurological sequelae of TES. These can only be properly addressed once the current knowledge, regarding TES, has been further explored and developed to allow better understanding of the ante-mortem changes that accompany TES, with the expressed purpose of developing a more informative management strategy, adopting a multidisciplinary approach, that can be widely adopted.
The goal, encompassed in the above material, is to extend that which already has been covered within the Journal. The aim is to expand the focus, relevant to traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), to encourage a wider pool of experts to become involved and interact, in a multidisciplinary approach, to allow initiation of a programme which is designed to motivate those, already involved in the area, to reconsidered their perspective, within the context of operating within a multidisciplinary team.
The anticipation is that the Journal also will expand potential contributors further, beyond those nominated by the occasional editor(s), to facilitate an enhanced collaboration with those whom it already has identified as applicable, to start preparing material for the Journal issue. The expectation is that this issue, of the journal, will serve as a pivotal reference upon which to seek appropriate further evolution in the general approach to the care being offered for those with TES.
The scope of the material would have relevance both to neurotrauma and diagnostic and forensic neuropathology.
Topic Editors will welcome Original Research, Review, Systematic Review, Mini-Review, Methods, Hypothesis and Theory, Perspective, Clinical Trial, Brief Research report, General Commentary, and Opinion that cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:
• Consideration of Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) within the context of a multidisciplinary team.
• Evaluate the material from the combined perspective of both neurotrauma and diagnostic and forensic neuropathology.
• Develop and report multidisciplinary research aimed to refine diagnostic criteria, identify relevant and prognostic biomarkers, delineate the neuroepidemiology, optimise clinical management and develop best practice clinical guidelines.
• There is scope for experiment psychologists to devise new tests to measure putative behavioural traits linked to CTE and for clinical psychologists to manage symptoms and detect features in those with first presentations.
• Analyse the legal medicine ramifications of the impact that TES and CET has on both affected individuals and the environments in which they operate/function
• Provide a perspective on the development of affordable and relevant diagnostic tools designed to be readily available, identify potentially affected individuals and offer an approach that may lead to effective intervention.
