Post Traumatic Amnesia and Alcohol Dependence*

Post-traumatic stress and disability.

BACKGROUND Post-traumatic stress is thought to account for significant disability. It is also known to be highly comorbid with other psychiatric conditions such as depression and alcohol dependence. AIMS To determine the relationship between post-traumatic stress, depression, alcohol dependence and disability. METHOD Seventy armed services personnel were assessed for DSM-IV diagnoses of pos...

Hallucinosis following Head Injury

Eleven patients who evinced hallucinations during the early recovery after head injury were studied in detail in comparison to the head injured controls. All of them had suffered from acceleration injuries. Among the clinical variables, post traumatic amnesia was significantly longer in these patients. Length of FTA was found to be correlated with duration of occurrence of hallucinations. Sever...

Post-traumatic Amnesia following Traumatic Brain Injury Name of Disorder: Traumatic Brain Injury Essay Title: Post-traumatic amnesia following traumatic brain injury

Post-traumatic stress disorder and head injury as a dual diagnosis: "islands" of memory as a mechanism.

This case study describes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and head injury after a road traffic accident involving a pedestrian. Previous studies have proposed two mechanisms by which this dual diagnosis may occur: (1) when post-traumatic amnesia and retrograde amnesia are small or non-existent and (2) when non-declarative memory systems for the traumatic event are in operation. This case ...

Alcohol Abuse and Recovery after Head Injury

The clinical observation of a turbulent recovery phase in the alcohol abusers among the head injured patients was studied. Various parameters of severity such as duration of hospital stay, length of coma, post-traumatic amnesia, focal neurological deficits, presence of fracture and the behaviour problems during recovery were studied. Behaviour problems and the length of hospital stay were found...