Impulsive and episodic disorders of aggressive behaviour following traumatic brain injury

Wood, Rodger Ll and Thomas, Rhys Huw ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2062-8623 2013. Impulsive and episodic disorders of aggressive behaviour following traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury 27 (3) , pp. 253-261. 10.3109/02699052.2012.743181

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Abstract

Background: Aggressive behaviour is a frequent legacy of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a major obstacle to psychosocial recovery. Aggression can take many forms and there is currently no uniform method of assessment that distinguishes aggressive sub-types in a way that can assist decisions for treatment. Review: This paper attempts to provide a framework that will help distinguish two primary sub-types of aggression following TBI, impulsive and episodic aggression, based on their most prominent clinical characteristics. It is hoped that, by providing a description of the phenomenology associated with each form of aggression, together with an explanation of the probable neuropathology underpinning each sub-type, the clinical classification of these two forms of aggression will improve, leading to a commensurate improvement in the choice of treatment interventions, resulting in better psychosocial outcomes.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Traumatic brain injury, aggression, episodic dyscontrol, impulsive behaviour
Publisher:	International Brain Injury Association
ISSN:	0269-9052
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 09:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/88698

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