Articles: brain-injuries.
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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · Sep 1997
Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents: psychiatric disorders at two years.
To extend findings regarding predictive factors of psychiatric outcome from the first to the second year after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents. ⋯ These data suggest that there are children, identifiable through clinical assessment, at increased risk for "novel" psychiatric disorders in the second year after TBI.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Sep 1997
Definition of agitation following traumatic brain injury: I. A survey of the Brain Injury Special Interest Group of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
To determine national patterns of defining agitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI) by physiatrists with expressed interest in treating TBI survivors. ⋯ There is considerable variation among physiatrists in their rating of characteristics that define agitation. Many define agitation during the acute recovery phase as posttraumatic amnesia plus an excess of behavior such as aggression, disinhibition, and/or emotional lability. Less support was given to defining agitation by the DSM-IIIR or DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for delirium. Delirium appears related to, but is not sufficient for, a diagnosis of agitation.