TBI and Psychiatric Disorders


 Clearly, a TBI (traumatic brain injury) can be a life-changing experience. Dr. Sam Goldstein reminds us that TBI often affect an individual’s overall mental health. Not only do structural changes in the brain affect personality, mood, etc, but so too does the task of coping with such a life-changing injury.

“The nature and incidence of psychiatric and emotional problems in adults suffering Traumatic Brain Injury was recently illuminated in a study reporting a thirty year follow-up of brain injured individuals. As has been reported in short term studies of emotional dysfunction following Traumatic Brain Injury, this study demonstrates that a significant number of individuals struggle long term with psychiatric disorders following Traumatic Brain Injury. https://askcompetentlawyer.com/business-commercial-litigation/ Forty-eight percent of these individuals experienced an Axis I disorder that began after the Traumatic Brain Injury. Sixty-two percent had an Axis I disorder anytime during their lives. The most common disorders after Traumatic Brain Injury were major depression (27%), alcohol abuse or dependence (12%), panic disorder (8%), specific phobia (8%) and psychosis (7%). Fourteen subjects or 23% had at least one personality disorder. The most prevalent individual personality disorders were avoidant (15%), paranoid (8%), and schizoid (7%). Interested readers are referred directly to the article by Koponen and colleagues (American Journal of Psychiatry, August 2002, Volume 159, pages 1315-1321).

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