A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a public workshop to examine the relationship between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental health outcomes. TBI increases risk for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and mood and anxiety disorders, among other conditions. The workshop will provide an opportunity to consider shared challenges, surface key scientific and clinical questions, and share lessons and strategies across military, VA, and civilian systems to improve high-quality mental health care after TBI. Invited presentations and discussions may be designed to:

• Synthesize evidence on mental health outcomes after TBI and explore the biological, physiological, and behavioral pathways by which TBI elevates risk for these conditions.
• Consider the translation of knowledge to practice through screening and delivery of brain injury–tailored mental and behavioral health therapies and interventions.
• Discuss barriers to addressing mental health as a core component of TBI management, as well as practical solutions to challenges such as access and continuity of care, enhanced workforce training to care for people with TBI, and recognition that patients’ and caregivers’ mental health are often intertwined across the care continuum.
• Identify examples of near-term data and research priorities to inform, implement, and evaluate care models and policies that address mental health after TBI.

The planning committee will organize the workshop, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate or identify moderators for the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.