PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Penetrating Head Injury, Closed Head Injury, Diffuse Axonal Injury
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Traumatic brain injury/head injury: peak ages for tbi are in the 15-24 year range. Glasgow coma scale (gcs: length of unconsciousness/presence of neurological signs. Improvement tends to follow the standard tbi pattern of rapid recovery in the first 1-2 years followed by smaller gains and more accommodation to remaining deficits as time progresses. Closed head injury: closed head injury: impact from an accident or injury causes brain damage but des not penetrate the skull, closed head injury occurs in two stages: 1: the initial impact called the coup, then the contrecoup, the ricocheting of the brain back and forth or side to side, force of the coup and contrecoup is critical. All these difficulties may begin at the initial time of injury and lead to secondary damage to the brain, 2: atypical antipsychotics and anticonvulsants have been used to help with anger management and behavioral outbursts.
