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Intelligence and personality dysfunctions after minor traumatic brain injury (TBI) (whiplash; slight head impact) incurred in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) were studied in adults after an average interval of 20 months. There was a mean loss of 14 points of Full Scale IQ from estimated preinjury baseline IQ determined from the standardization group (WAIS-R) without evidence for recovery. Personality dysfunctions included cerebral personality disorder, psychiatric diagnosis (30 of 33 patients), post-traumatic stress disorders, persistent altered consciousness, and psychodynamic reactions to impairment. Cognitive loss is caused by interaction of brain injury with distractions such as pain and emotional distress. Unreported head impact and altered consciousness at the time of accident contribute to the underestimation of brain trauma after minor TBI. Whiplash injury (WHI) is a major public health problem that occurs after rear, front, or lateral collisions. Of 11,300,000 motor vehicle accidents (MVA) in 1991, 2,690,000 were rear-end collisions, of which perhaps 1,000,000 were whiplash injuries (Evans, Evans, & Sharp, 1994). The nature and persistence of neurobehavioral symptoms after

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Author

Rolland S. Parker; Andrew Rosenblum

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0021-9762)

Published

1996

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)