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Derealisation following head injury: a case report
1Woodbridge Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore.
Singapore Medical Journal
|October 1, 1995
Summary
Derealisation, a rare symptom after minor head injuries, was the sole presentation in a recent case study. This highlights the need to consider derealisation in post-concussional syndrome evaluations.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
- Clinical Neurology
Background:
- Depersonalisation and derealisation are dissociative symptoms often co-occurring.
- These symptoms are associated with various functional and organic conditions.
- Previous literature reports only one instance of these symptoms in post-concussional syndrome.