Psychiatric States Following Head Injury in Adults and Children

Bowman, Karl M.; Blau, Abram; Reich, Robert

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-39966-8_18

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“…There is now a very substantial literature on the effects of head injury in adults (see Lishman, 1978). There are also a number of papers on the effects in childhood (see Bowman et al 1974), although knowledge on this age group is very much more limited. Quite apart from its value as a means of studying the consequences of brain injury (see above) the investigation of children suffering head injuries is most important in its own right.…”

Section: Studies Of Children Suffering Head Injurymentioning

confidence: 99%

A prospective study of children with head injuries: I. Design and methods

Rutter¹,

et al. 1980

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SYNOPSISThe main unresolved issues with respect to the psychological sequelae of brain damage in childhood are noted, and the previous studies of children suffering head injury are critically reviewed. A new prospective study is described. Three groups of children were studied: (a) 31 children with ‘severe’ head injuries resulting in a post-traumatic amnesia of at least 7 days; (b) an individually matched control group of 28 children with hospital-treated orthopaedic injuries; and (c) 29 children with ‘mild’ head injuries resulting in a post-traumatic amnesia exceeding 1 hour but less than 1 week. The children were studied as soon as possible after the accident and then again 4 months, 1 year, and 2¼ years after the injury. The parents were interviewed, using systematic and standardized interview techniques; both parents and teachers completed behavioural questionnaires; and the children were seen for individual psychological testing using the WISC, the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability and a battery of tests of more specific cognitive functions. At the final follow-up, the severe head injury group (but not the other 2 groups) received a systematic neurological examination and the school teacher who knew the child best was personally interviewed. The findings are given on physical handicap, neurological abnormality, school placement and psychiatric referrals. All types of disabilities were both more frequent and more persistent in the children with severe head injuries.

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Section: Studies Of Children Suffering Head Injurymentioning

confidence: 99%