PSYC31H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Glasgow Coma Scale, Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Amnesia
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Homer may or may not have a concussion or tbi. Comorbidity with tbi, i. e. , depression, physical disability, anxiety. Behavioural data include: 4 kinds of data behavioural observations, background, qualitative and quantitative. Find data into diagnosis (art of neuropsychology); knowledge gives frame of reference. Neurological disorders: there are (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) , head trauma, vascular disorders, degenerative disorders, multiple sclerosis, normal pressure hydrocephalus, toxic conditions. Focus on tbi and psychiatric, vascular and degenerative. Do(cid:374)"t need to hit your head, but just the force and shearing can cause damage to the brain (i. e. , car accident) What is a traumatic brain injury: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=1bmn3drcmhy, closed traumatic brain injury, open traumatic brain injury. Divide tbi into closed and open injuries. May only have one of the following. Before = retro and after = post traumatic, anterior grade amnesia. O(cid:374)l(cid:455) i(cid:374)jur(cid:455) that (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:448)as at the scene is neuroanatomical abnormalities cause there is no technology at the scene of the injury.
