PSY345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Traumatic Brain Injury, Applied Behavior Analysis, Brain Damage
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Acquired vs. traumatic brain injury: traumatic involves external force (trauma, blow to head, baseball hat, car accident-head gets smashed a/g windshield) that causes damage (strong traumatic physical force a/g head, clear physical trauma applied to the head. Skull fractured much more visible you can see injury is there (e. g. bleeding, gun shot wound: clear to see, understand & recognize. Closed head injuries: does not involve fractured skull. Severe shaking or fall in which brain decelerates quickly and hits side of skull, certain nerve fibres are stretched or torn. Acquired is all of the above but also includes other types includes tbi because it"s also acquired. This means that injury has been acquired, very broad. Birth process brain injuries: congenital (present at birth) we don"t necessary know why, birth process e. g. fetal alcohol syndrome, birth process e. g. fetal alcohol syndrome e. g. anoxia not enough oxygen, born with umbilical cord around neck. Other: degenerative diseases (age related diseases) e. g. parkinson"s,
