Psychosis following traumatic brain injury

Psychosis following traumatic brain injury (PFTBI) has received modest empirical investigation, and is subsequently poorly understood, identified and treated. The current article reports on consistencies in PFTBI phenomenology according to the existing peer-reviewed literature. The potential for psy...

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Published in:Brain impairment 2013-05, Vol.14 (1), p.21-41
Main Authors: Batty, Rachel A., Rossell, Susan L., Francis, Andrew J.P., Ponsford, Jennie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Brain
Brain damage
Comorbidity
Drug use
Electroencephalography
Executive function
Hallucinations
Males
Medical imaging
Memory
Mental disorders
Neurogenesis
Neuroimaging
Patients
Phenomenology
Psychoses
Psychosis
Rehabilitation
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenics
Social isolation
Traumatic brain injury
Wounds and injuries
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Summary:Psychosis following traumatic brain injury (PFTBI) has received modest empirical investigation, and is subsequently poorly understood, identified and treated. The current article reports on consistencies in PFTBI phenomenology according to the existing peer-reviewed literature. The potential for psychotic symptoms post TBI, aetiological propositions, prevalence, significance of onset latency and injury severity, clinical and cognitive neuropsychological presentation and injury localisation/neuroimaging data are reviewed. Substantial methodological limitations associated with the majority of publications informing this work are also discussed. Despite controversies in the literature, psychosis following TBI appears to be three times more prevalent than psychotic disorders in the general population, and comparable in presentation to other idiopathic psychotic spectrum disorders, including schizophrenia.
ISSN:1443-9646
1839-5252
DOI:10.1017/BrImp.2013.10