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Correlates and Prevalence of Aggression at Six Months and One Year After First-Time Traumatic Brain Injury
Durga Roy1, Sandeep Vaishnavi1, Dingfen Han1
1From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (DR, DH, VR); the Neuropsychiatric Clinic at Carolina Partners, Durham, N.C. (SV); the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C. (SV); and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C. (SV).
Abstract:
Few studies have examined clinical correlates of aggression after first-time traumatic brain injury (TBI) within the first year after injury. The authors aimed to identify the rates of aggression at 6 and 12 months post-TBI and establish clinical and demographic correlates. A total of 103 subjects with first-time TBI were seen within 12 months postinjury and evaluated for aggression. Post-TBI social functioning and new-onset depression (within 3 months of the TBI) may serve as particularly important predictors for aggression within the first year of TBI, as these factors may afford intervention and subsequent decreased risk of aggression.
