Mental disorders in cranio-cerebral trauma associated with extracranial injuries
Chudin, A.S.; Gorbunova, N.A.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 88(2): 64-68
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 3376649 Document Number: 318268
Examination of 160 patients with craniocerebral trauma combined with extracranial injuries has demonstrated that psychopathological disorders are largely due to cerebral abnormalities. They are manifested in negative or deficiency disturbances, with the syndrome of disturbed consciousness being dominant among them. Other disturbances include the psychoorganic syndrome and emotional and asthenic abnormalities. Extracerebral pathology aggravates these disturbances in the acute period of trauma due to shock and later on due to somatogenic asthenia but causes no specific disorders.