TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents: psychiatric disorders in the second three months
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Max, J. E.
A1  - Lindgren, S. D.
A1  - Robin, D. A.
A1  - Smith, W. L.
A1  - Sato, Y.
A1  - Mattheis, P. J.
A1  - Castillo, Carlos S.
A1  - Stierwalt, J. A.
SP  - 394
EP  - 401
VL  - 185
IS  - 6
N2  - Psychiatric disorders may be common after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children, yet there is a death of prospective studies examining this problem. Fifty children aged 6 to 14, hospitalized after TBI, were assessed soon after TBI regarding preinjury psychiatric, behavioral, adaptive, and family functioning, family psychiatric history status and injury severity. The outcome measure was the presence of a "novel" psychiatric disorder (not present before the injury) during the second 3 months after the injury. Forty-two subjects were reassessed at 6 months. Severity of injury, family psychiatric history, and family function predicted a novel psychiatric disorder. Among children suffering a mild/moderate injury, those with preinjury lifetime psychiatric disorders were no longer (as they had been in the first 3 months) at higher risk than those without such a lifetime history. Thus, there appeared to be children, identifiable through clinical assessment, at increased risk for novel psychiatric disorders after TBI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -