Mental Disturbance of Patients with Severe Craniocerebral Injury / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:to collect and summary mental disturbance caused by severe craniocerebral injury Method:to compare 150 cases of mental disturbance caused by severe craniocerebral injury with those (20 cases) with similar injury but without mental disturbance Result:1) The rate of those with mental disturbance in patients with severe craniocerebral injuries was 20 8% The rate of that in all patients of head injury was 5 2% 2) 107 of our sample (71 3%, 107/150) had sub-arachnoid hemorrhage 27 had fracture at the base of skull 3) Compared with those without mental disturbance, the occurrence of mental symptoms closely related to severity of injury 4) Delirium was the early symptom, while memory deficiency and affective disorder were common on the later stages Conclusion:Patients with brain contusion with subarachnoid hemorrhage are more likely having mental disturbance