Citation

Smith D, Smith R, Misquitta D. Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 2016; 39(4): 579-597.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psc.2016.07.006

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The nineteenth century case of Phineas Gage provides a famous example of brain injury and resultant changes in behavior an dpersonality. Mr. Gage was reportedly a mild-mannered individual before he suffered severe injuries io the frontal lobes of his brain in a railroading accident. After this incident, many reports describe him as a very different individual: short-tempered, obnoxious, irresponsible, and violent. Altered personality and behavioral changes can, and have, resulted from...

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