1. Pharmacological intervention for cognitive deficits and aggression in frontal lobe injury.
- Author
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Sugden SG, Kile SJ, Farrimond DD, Hilty DM, and Bourgeois JA
- Subjects
- Adult, Amantadine therapeutic use, Cognition Disorders etiology, Conduct Disorder etiology, Donepezil, Humans, Indans therapeutic use, Male, Piperidines therapeutic use, Valproic Acid therapeutic use, Aggression, Cognition Disorders drug therapy, Conduct Disorder drug therapy, Frontal Lobe injuries, Neurotransmitter Agents therapeutic use, Nootropic Agents therapeutic use
- Abstract
We present a case that promotes early intervention and pharmacological treatment for the neuropsychiatric sequelae (frontal lobe syndrome, including cognitive impairment and aggressive behavior) associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and delirium. The patient, who sustained significant systemic complications related to his trauma, was previously diagnosed with alcohol and drug dependence and antisocial personality disorder. These antecedent conditions and prolonged systemic complications likely played a complicating role in his course of recovery.
- Published
- 2006