@article{ref1,
title="Premorbid emotional and behavioural adjustment in children with mild head injuries",
journal="Brain injury",
year="1992",
author="Pelco, L. and Sawyer, M. and Duffield, G. and Prior, M. and Kinsella, G.",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="29-37",
abstract="This study investigated the hypothesis that children sustaining a mild closed head injury have a higher prevalence of premorbid behavioural problems than children in the general community. The prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems among children with a mild closed head injury was compared with the prevalence of problems in children with a severe closed head injury, children in the general community, and children referred to a psychiatric outpatient clinic. The results showed that the children with a mild head injury did not have significantly more premorbid emotional and behavioural problems than other children in the community. The children with a mild head injury also had significantly fewer emotional and behavioural problems than children referred to a psychiatric outpatient clinic. The results suggest that the common assumption that children with a mild closed head injury have a higher prevalence of premorbid emotional and behavioural problems than other children in the general community may not be correct.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}