Pediatric Neurology: Chapter 97. Cognitive and psychopathological sequelae of pediatric traumatic brain injury

Pediatric Neurology: Chapter 97. Cognitive and psychopathological sequelae of pediatric traumatic brain injury
ISBN-10
0128078987
ISBN-13
9780128078983
Series
Pediatric Neurology
Category
Medical
Pages
544
Language
English
Published
2013-04-23
Publisher
Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Authors
M.H. Beauchamp, V. Anderson

Description

Childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a frequent cause of acquired disability in childhood and can have a serious impact on development across the lifespan. The consequences of early TBI vary according to injury severity, with severe injuries usually resulting in more serious physical, cognitive and behavioral sequelae. Both clinical and research reports document residual deficits in a range of skills, including intellectual function, attention, memory, learning, and executive function. In addition, recent investigations suggest that early brain injury also affects psychological and social development and that problems in these domains may increase in the long term postinjury. Together, these deficits affect children's ability to function effectively at school, in the home, and in their social environment, resulting in impaired acquisition of knowledge, psychological and social problems, and overall reduced quality of life. Ultimately, recovery from childhood TBI depends on a range of complex biological, developmental, and psychosocial factors making prognosis difficult to predict. This chapter will detail the cognitive (intellectual, attentional, mnesic, executive, educational, and vocational) and psychopathological (behavioral, adaptive, psychological, social) sequelae of childhood TBI with a particular focus on postinjury recovery patterns in the acute, short-, and long-term phases, as well as into adulthood.

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