Korean J Psychopharmacol.
2009 Nov;20(6):293-300.
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury: Symptoms and Pharmacotherapy
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. psychiatry@kku.ac.kr
Abstract
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is well recognized as a disability category with high incidence and prevalence as well as considerable impact on survivors and their families. Neuropsychiatric symptoms such as cognitive deficit, psychosis, depression, mania, anxiety are common after TBI. Treatment of the neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with TBI should result in decreased handicap, improved quality of life, and decreased societal impact. This article discusses the clinical approach to treating patients with neuropsychiatric complications following TBI.
