Emotional sequelae of head injury
β Scribed by Dr. Sureyya Dikmen; Ralph M. Reitan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The emotional afterβeffects of head injury in relation to acuteness versus chronicity of the injury and neuropsychological deficits were studied. The results indicate that there is a decline in emotional distress over time after the injury and show that patients with significant initial and residual neuropsychological deficits experience greater emotional distress than those with negligible difficulties.
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