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. 2011 Spring;23(2):E14.
doi: 10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnpe14.

Personality changes in brain injury

Patricia Gracia-Garcia, Michelle M Mielke, Paul Rosenberg, Alyssa Bergey, Vani Rao

Personality changes in brain injury

Patricia Gracia-Garcia et al. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Spring.

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is frequently complicated by alterations in mood and behaviour and changes in personality. We report mild personality changes post-TBI as a possible indicator of traumatic brain injury, but not of injury severity or psychiatric complications.

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