Can childhood traumatic brain injury be detected in an adult?

PTSD: A "new" category of disorder is being recognized. This is the post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). Most common is troops returning from combat, but now being recognized in adults who suffered trauma as children. Many studies have described the bad outcomes in shaken babies, but more evidence is coming out about emotional trauma. Physical and emotional abuse will produce long term issues.

Can be done: This is often the purview of neuropsycologists with pediatric or forensic backgrounds as well as pediatric neurologists. History and records play a key, but certain neuropsychological test patterns are more likely to be developmental as opposed to acquired.

Possibly: There are new approaches to evaluating brain injury that are advanced forms of Magnetic Resonance Imaging that can recognize damage done in childhood even if your are an adult