Obsessive-compulsive neurosis following head injury. A report of four cases.
Four cases of obsessive-compulsive neurosis following head injury are described, three of which are from a consecutive series and the fourth from a discordant monozygotic twin pair. The aetiological significance of head injury in this disorder is discussed in the context of the clinical findings and of previous series of brain injured patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors