title: Behavior problems and adaptive functioning in children with mild and severe closed head injury.
abstract: Assessed behavior problems and adaptive functioning in children with mild or severe closed head injuries, on average more than 2 years postaccident. To ensure that any problems detected in the present study were not merely preexisting problems, potential subjects were excluded if there was a history of preexisting CNS damage, significant developmental delay, or behavior problems. Children with severe head injuries had an excessive rate of behavior problems and impaired adaptive functioning. Children with mild head injuries also had an excessive rate of behavior problems (comparable to that of children with severe head injuries) but did not have impaired adaptive functioning. Results are discussed in terms of six alternative ways brain injury and behavior problems can be related functionally.
authors.affiliation: University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry 90024.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Asarnow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Satz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Light
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role