| Neurobehavioural and cognitive profile of traumatic brain injury patients at risk for depression and suicide. | |
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PMID: 11260767 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The possibility that patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury will commit suicide is high, and in many cases clinicians tend to underestimate this possibility. In this study, 39 consecutive patients are studied through a Rorschach technique more than 1.5 years after their hospital discharge. The data show that 48.6% of the patients fulfil the criteria that classifies them as depressive, and, of these, 65% are at clinical risk to commit suicide (33.3% of the total of TBI patients); 25.6% have not met the criteria of depression or suicidal tendencies, and another 25.6% show very low suicide tendency scores. Only 15.6% of the total patients presented only depression without risk of suicide. The neurobehavioural and cognitive profile of the TBI suicide-prone patient shows an emotional person with cognitive difficulties in how they interpret reality, the person tries to understand what is happening around them, but is unable to cope. They show concrete thoughts, although they have difficulties solving problems and have few intellectual resources to cope with their surroundings. They do not know how to distance themselves from the emotional aspects of situations. |
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Authors:
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J León-Carrión; M L De Serdio-Arias; F M Cabezas; J M Roldán; R Domínguez-Morales; J M Martín; M A Sanchez |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Brain injury : [BI] Volume: 15 ISSN: 0269-9052 ISO Abbreviation: Brain Inj Publication Date: 2001 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-02-22 Completed Date: 2001-07-12 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8710358 Medline TA: Brain Inj Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 175-81 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville, Spain. jleon@cica.es |
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Adult Brain Injuries / psychology* Cognition Disorders / diagnosis, etiology* Depressive Disorder, Major / diagnosis, etiology* Female Humans Male Mental Disorders / diagnosis, etiology* Risk Factors Rorschach Test Suicide, Attempted / psychology, statistics & numerical data* |
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