The behavioral and emotional complications of traumatic brain injury
By: Simon F. Crowe.
Series: Studies on neuropsychology, neurology, and cognition
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781841694412
Subjects: Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Complications; Mental illness -- Etiology; Mental Disorders -- etiology; Behavioral Symptoms; Brain Injuries -- complications; Brain Injuries -- psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: The postconcussional syndrome (PCS); title: Organic personality change; title: Anxiety disorders; title: Mood disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI); title: Reality distortion following TBI (1): psychosis, denial, and deficits in the social perception of emotion; title: Reality distortion following TBI (2): abnormal illness behavior including the factitious disorders, the somatoform disorders, and malingering; title: Disturbances of neurovegetatitve functioning following TBI; title: Disturbances of sexual functioning; title: Synthesis and conclusion.