CBIS Section 5: Psychosocial and Psychiatric
Disorders After TBI | Verified Exam
Questions & Answers 2025
age
gender
premorbid symptoms
injury location
injury severity
marital discord
poor relationships
hx of problems with work
financial instability - ✔✔factors that play a role in developing psych symptoms
post TBI
frontal lobe lesions
left prefrontal gray matter reduction
, lateral and medial frontal lobe lesions
amygdala and hippocampus lesions
basal ganglia lesions
mostly left hemisphere injury - ✔✔depression in TBI
right hemisphere injury - ✔✔depression+anxiety in TBI
major depressive episode - ✔✔an episode for a period of 2 weeks or more
characterized depressed mood and 4 additional symptoms such as feelings of
intense hopelessness, low self-esteem and worthlessness, extreme fatigue,
dramatic changes in eating and sleeping behavior, inability to concentrate, and
greatly diminished interest in family, friends, and activities
manic episode - ✔✔a period of at least 1 week where the indivudal has noticeably
elevated or irritable mood and 3 other symptoms decreased need for sleep,
Disorders After TBI | Verified Exam
Questions & Answers 2025
age
gender
premorbid symptoms
injury location
injury severity
marital discord
poor relationships
hx of problems with work
financial instability - ✔✔factors that play a role in developing psych symptoms
post TBI
frontal lobe lesions
left prefrontal gray matter reduction
, lateral and medial frontal lobe lesions
amygdala and hippocampus lesions
basal ganglia lesions
mostly left hemisphere injury - ✔✔depression in TBI
right hemisphere injury - ✔✔depression+anxiety in TBI
major depressive episode - ✔✔an episode for a period of 2 weeks or more
characterized depressed mood and 4 additional symptoms such as feelings of
intense hopelessness, low self-esteem and worthlessness, extreme fatigue,
dramatic changes in eating and sleeping behavior, inability to concentrate, and
greatly diminished interest in family, friends, and activities
manic episode - ✔✔a period of at least 1 week where the indivudal has noticeably
elevated or irritable mood and 3 other symptoms decreased need for sleep,
