Psychotic disorder due to traumatic brain injury: analysis of case studies in the literature

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2012 Summer;24(3):278-89. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.11070176.

Abstract

The present study utilized methodology from a previous descriptive study that analyzed case studies of psychotic disorder due to traumatic brain injury (PD-TBI) reported in psychiatry and neurology journals. The purpose was to replicate findings from the PD-TBI literature and to elucidate a pattern of characteristics that would differentiate PD-TBI from schizophrenia. The findings supported both objectives. PD-TBI data were highly consistent with previous studies: PD-TBI differed from schizophrenia in showing more focal frontal and temporal abnormalities on neurological studies and a lower rate of negative symptoms. The authors discuss implications of these findings for conceptualizing psychosis as a neurobiological syndrome.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Injuries / complications*
  • Brain Injuries / diagnosis
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Databases, Factual / statistics & numerical data
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroimaging
  • Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Psychotic Disorders / etiology*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Schizophrenia / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia / physiopathology
  • Young Adult