TRAUMATIC PSYCHOSES
Authors: FRANKLIN G.  EBAUGH, HENRY W.  BROSIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 April 1943TRAUMATIC PSYCHOSESFRANKLIN G. EBAUGH, M.C., F.A.C.P., HENRY W. BROSIN, M.C.FRANKLIN G. EBAUGH, M.C., F.A.C.P., HENRY W. BROSIN, M.C.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-4-666 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn this section will be discussed only the forensic problems pertinent to the psychoses due to direct head injury. In the official classification of the American Psychiatric Association these are known as: (1) Traumatic delirium, (2) posttraumatic personality disorder (new diagnosis) or traumatic constitution (old diagnosis), and (3) posttraumatic mental deterioration (dementia).10, 30, 41, 46, 66, 67These designations do not describe sharply defined entities, but only variable symptom-complexes with overlapping boundaries. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 5, 1943.†Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorada, on leave; Neuropsychiatric Consultant, VIII Service Command, AUS, Dallas, Texas.‡Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Chicago; Chief of NP Section, La Garde General Hospital, AUS New Orleans, Louisiana. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Late Effect of Accidental Injury Questionnaire (LEAIQ)Head Injury—Organic and Psychogenic Issues in Compensation ClaimsREFERENCESREFERENCESChanging Orientations in PsychopathologyModern Considerations of the Man with Brain Injury 1 April 1943Volume 18, Issue 4Page: 666-696KeywordsDeliriumForensicsHead injuryPersonality disordersPsychoses Issue Published: 1 April 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...