Dissociative disorder after traumatic brain injury.
Several episodes of dissociative disorder, including depersonalization and multiple personality, have been observed in a 32-year old man during a period of a few months following a mild traumatic brain injury. The psychogenic or organic aetiology of these psychiatric disorders remains undetermined. This case highlights the need to consider dissociative disorder among the possible (temporary) outcomes of a brain injury.
Cantagallo
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Unità Operativa di Medicina Riabilitativa, Ferrara Hospital, Italy.
Grassi
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Della Sala
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D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013997:Time Factors; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon