The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Volume 73 Number 7 November 2006	back to contents

Neurobehavioral Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury	999-1005
Teresa A. Ashman, Ph.D.¹, Wayne A. Gordon, Ph.D.², Joshua B. Cantor, Ph.D.¹, and Mary R. Hibbard, Ph.D.²

¹Assistant Professor and ²Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

Address all communications to Teresa A. Ashman, Ph.D., Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 1240, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029; e-mail: teresa.ashman@mssm.edu

The preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by Grant Nos. H133A020501 and H133B040033 from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education.

Abstract

At least 1.4 million people die, or receive hospital or emergency care every year in the United States as a result of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Many more are treated in other settings or receive no treatment at all. Thus TBI is often unidentified, with subsequent cognitive, behavioral, emotional and physical sequelae that are not linked to the injury. Yet, over 5.3 million Americans live with TBI-related disabilities that interfere with their overall performance and social roles within the community. The pathophysiology and consequences of TBI are discussed, as are functional changes and psychiatric manifestations after TBI. Finally, implications and recommendations for clinical practice are reviewed, including the importance of screening for TBI.

Key Words

Traumatic brain injury, neuropsychiatry, rehabilitation, axis I disorders, psychiatric disorders.

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