Clinical characteristics of mental disorder due to head injury
- Author:
Cao Tien Duc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mental disorder, head injury
- MeSH:
Mental Disorders;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Brain Damage, Chronic;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;0(6):24-26
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Our study involved 100 cases with mental disorder due to brain damage at 3 hospitals (Viet Duc,108,103) from June 1999 to December 2000. 86% of patients were male and 14% were female. Age: 18-55 years old. Neurotic disability after head injury or syndrome of postcommontion 43%. development of epilepsy within first 12 months is 30%.mood disorder:57%, delire 26%, hallucination 34%. Some other factors such as personality, affected psychosis, enviromental, family and society also effected to this head injury
