Sections
Mood Disorders: Introduction | Prevalence of Mood Disorders | Phenomenological Features | Diagnosis of Mood Disorders | Risk Factors for the Development of Post-TBI Mood
Disorders | Behavioral Impact of Post-TBI Neurotransmitter and Neuroendocrine
Changes | Functional Anatomy of Mood Disorders Following TBI | Effect of Mood Disorders on the Outcome of TBI Patients | Treatment of Mood Disorders | Key Clinical Points | Recommended Readings | References
Excerpt
Associations between traumatic brain injury (TBI)
and a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders have been reported in
the medical literature for many years. Lishman (1973),
in his classic study on the Oxford collection of head injury records,
analyzed potential etiological factors involved in the development
of psychiatric disturbances following TBI. These studies stressed
the importance of biological variables such as the extent of brain
damage, lesion location, and the presence of posttraumatic epilepsy
in determining the type and duration of psychiatric disorder.