Citation

Weinstein GS, Wells CE. J. Clin. Psychiatry 1981; 42(3): 120-122.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Physicians Postgraduate Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7204351

Abstract

A patient is described who had clear-cut personality and behavioral changes due to brain trauma. The organic basis of the psychiatric dysfunction was overlooked in diagnosis and treatment planning for a period of six years during which the patient experienced four psychiatric hospitalizations, had numerous encounters with police, and spent a six-month period in jail. The reasons for this neglect or organic etiologic factors are explored and discussed.

Language: en