@article{ref1,
title="Head injury and mental handicap",
journal="Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine",
year="1983",
author="Akuffo, E. O. and Sylvester, P. E.",
volume="76",
number="7",
pages="545-549",
abstract="A clinical and pathological study of head injury and the implications in mental handicap are outlined. Non-accidental injury as a form of child abuse is suspected as contributing considerably to the cause of mental handicap in populations resident in long-stay hospital, but this is unlikely to be the best environment for such patients. A number of mentally handicapped epileptic patients who injure their heads during fits and patients who repeatedly bang their heads as a feature of self-injurious behaviour are exposed to progressive neurological deficits associated with lesions in the brain which could further impair the efficiency of brain function.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0141-0768",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}