Organic Bipolar Disorder: An Unusual Neuropsychiatric Sequelae following Right Frontotemporal Injury

Psychiatric disorders are common consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI). But organic bipolar disorder is a rare entity when compared with other disorders. Here, we report this 49 year old patient with bipolar affective disorder following traumatic brain injury, its presentation and management....

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Published in:Indian journal of psychological medicine 2016-05, Vol.38 (3), p.257-259
Main Authors: Ummar, Syed, Kumar, Naveen, Ramanathan, Shree Aarthi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antidepressants
Behavior
Bipolar
Bipolar disorder
Brain injuries
Case Report
Conflicts of interest
depression
divalproex sodium
Drug dosages
Head injuries
head injury
mania
Patients
Sleep
Sodium
trauma
Traumatic brain injury
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Summary:Psychiatric disorders are common consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI). But organic bipolar disorder is a rare entity when compared with other disorders. Here, we report this 49 year old patient with bipolar affective disorder following traumatic brain injury, its presentation and management. Though the pathophysiology of this disorder involves the interaction of factors that precede trauma (eg, genetic vulnerability and previous psychiatric history), factors that pertain to the traumatic injury itself (eg, type, extent, and location of brain damage), in our patient it showed an atypical presentation.
ISSN:0253-7176
0975-1564
DOI:10.4103/0253-7176.183081