Citation

Arciniegas DB, Wortzel HS. Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 2014; 37(1): 31-53.

Affiliation

Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Division of Neuropsychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Neuropsychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA; VISN 19 MIRECC, Denver Veterans Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psc.2013.12.001

PMID

24529422

Abstract

Emotional and behavioral dyscontrol are relatively common neuropsychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury and present substantial challenges to recovery and community participation. Among the most problematic and functionally disruptive of these types of behaviors are pathologic laughing and crying, affective lability, irritability, disinhibition, and aggression. Managing these problems effectively requires an understanding of their phenomenology, epidemiology, and clinical evaluation. This article reviews these issues and provides clinicians with brief and practical suggestions for the management of emotional and behavioral dyscontrol.

Language: en