@article{ref1,
title="Personality change after severe head injury",
journal="Acta neurochirurgica Supplementum (Wien)",
year="1988",
author="Brooks, N.",
volume="44",
number="",
pages="59-64",
abstract="Personality change is widely reported after head injury, but rarely investigated quantitatively. This Paper summarises recent quantitative studies concerned with the natural history of personality change after severe head injury; its nature; its prediction; and its consequences. Reports of personality change increase with increasing time after injury, and the changes reflect a variety of phenomena including changes in affect, behaviour, maturity, and responsibility. Although there is a relationship between injury severity and personality change, other features such as premorbid personality and lifestyle are important. A severe personality change has important functional consequences. Families become heavily burdened, and patients with severe personality change are very unlikely to return to work.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}