BUS 17 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Impulsivity, Comorbidity, Odds Ratio
Document Summary
A forensic neuropsychiatric approach to traumatic brain injury, aggression and suicide wortzel: posttraumatic cognitive, emotional, behavioral and physical impairment are frequent and suffer for both patients and families, aggression is a neuropsychiatric of tbi. Externally directed -> verbal outburst, physical violence towards persons. Significant disruption of brain function, structe or both. From application of an external physical force. Relationship between tbi and aggression are also observed in forensic populations. Association but not a causal relationship between tbi and aggression: children, adolescents and young adults. Verbal aggression, physical aggression towards others, physical aggression towards objects were reported to occur more often in postinjury period than the preinjury period. Preinjury aggression, anxiety, attention problem and postinjury disability risk factors for postinjury aggression. Severe injury, lower socioeconomic status, preinjury odd symptoms and preinjury family dysfunction more severe aggressive symptoms. Observed personlaty change in severe tbi in 59% and 5% in mild and moderate tbi.
