TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents: psychiatric disorders at one year
JO  - Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
A1  - Max, J. E.
A1  - Robin, D. A.
A1  - Lindgren, S. D.
A1  - Smith, W. L.
A1  - Sato, Yoshihiro
A1  - Mattheis, P. J.
A1  - Stierwalt, J. A.
A1  - Castillo, Carlos S.
SP  - 290
EP  - 297
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - Factors predictive of psychiatric outcome in the second 6 months following traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 43 children and adolescents were assessed prospectively. The outcome measure was the presence of a psychiatric disorder not present before the injury ("novel"). Out of six models tested, four were predictive of novel psychiatric disorder: preinjury family function, family psychiatric history, socioeconomic class/intellectual function, and behavior/adaptive function. Post hoc analyses suggested that preinjury family functioning measured by a structured interview was a significant predictive variable. Severity of injury, when reclassified as severe versus mild/moderate TBI, significantly predicted novel psychiatric disorders. These data suggest that some children, identifiable through clinical assessment, are at increased risk for psychiatric disorders following TBI.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0895-0172
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -