Eighteen-month follow-up of neuropsychiatric effects of pentaborane intoxication

✍ Scribed by Joel J. Silverman; Robert P. Hart; Susan J. Stockman; Robert M. Hamer; Lorne K. Garrettson

• Book ID: 102925705
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 703 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490020409

✦ Synopsis

Fourteen individuals briefly exposed to the neurotoxic compound Pentaborane were reevaluated I8 months follo wing initial newpsychiatric study. Psychiatric Tntervie w utilizing standardized diagnostic criteria, neuropsychological and psychological asmsment, and CT scan ventricular brain ratios were reevaluated. Assessment revealed interaction of bilogical and psychological factors worsening. Post-traumatic stress disorder, major affective disorder, alcohol abuse, and phobias were the most common diagnoses at follow-up.