Neuropsychological rehabilitation after closed head injury in young adults

Cognitive and personality disturbances following severe closed head injury in young adults are associated with poor rehabilitation outcome. Yet systematic programmes for dealing with these disturbances have generally not appeared. The present report briefly describes the Neuropsychological Rehabilit...

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Published in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1984-05, Vol.47 (5), p.505-513
Main Authors: Prigatano, G P, Fordyce, D J, Zeiner, H K, Roueche, J R, Pepping, M, Wood, B C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Craniocerebral Trauma - psychology
Craniocerebral Trauma - rehabilitation
Employment
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Male
Medical sciences
Personality Tests
Rehabilitation, Vocational
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Wechsler Scales
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Summary:Cognitive and personality disturbances following severe closed head injury in young adults are associated with poor rehabilitation outcome. Yet systematic programmes for dealing with these disturbances have generally not appeared. The present report briefly describes the Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Program (NRP) at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City and the initial outcome data on eighteen closed head injury patients and seventeen untreated controls. Greater improvement in neuropsychological functioning occurred in the NRP patient group on selected variables, but generally the effects were modest. Emotional distress, however, substantially decreased in treated patients. Fifty percent of the NRP patients maintained productivity 75% of the time or more following rehabilitation, compared to 36% of the controls. Treatment successes showed less personality disturbances than treatment failures and better learning and memory scores post-treatment.
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.47.5.505