Top 20 signs of an Acquired Brain Injury
October 17, 2011
Posted by:Raquel Siganporia
Interesting article in APIL PI Focus, Vol 21, Issue 8 by Ludwig Lowenstein discussing Traumatic Brain Injuries. A brain injury is often classified as mild, moderate or severe and can include the following signs as identified by Ludwig Lowenstein:
- Problems with immediate, short term memory
- Loss of Productivity, especially multi-tasking
- Lack of social competence and the lack of social inhibition and or anti-social behaviour
- Lack of effective control of thinking, emotion, behaviour e.g. anger and aggression
- Problems with reasoning
- Lacking awareness of and comprehension to what is happening and how to react to it
- Lack of ability to make appropriate decisions
- Lack of capacity for risk estimation, e.g. gambling
- Problems with intimacy and developing inappropriate sexualised behaviours
- Lack of behavioural maturity by manifesting child-like behaviour
- Lack of attention and proneness to distraction
- Non comprehension of irony and non-literal language
- Inability to organise and plan ahead
- Problems with learning
- Aphasia (e.g. Difficulty recollecting words or difficulties with speech)
- Temporal lobe injuries which tend to cause irritability and aggression
- Bipolar disorders including depression, mania, suicidal ideation and behaviour
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Development of serious mental illnesses
- Excessive dependence on others.