| Autor: |
Akuffo, E O, Sylvester, P E |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; Jul1983, Vol. 76 Issue 7, p545-549, 5p |
| Abstrakt: |
A clinical and pathological study of head injury and the implications in mental handicap are outlined. Non-accidental injury as a form of child abuse is suspected as contributing considerably to the cause of mental handicap in populations resident in long-stay hospital, but this is unlikely to be the best environment for such patients. A number of mentally handicapped epileptic patients who injure their heads during fits and patients who repeatedly bang their heads as a feature of self-injurious behaviour are exposed to progressive neurological deficits associated with lesions in the brain which could further impair the efficiency of brain function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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