Interventions for Social / Behavioral Problems after Brain Injury : Essentials and Topics

Abstract

  Various types of aberrant social behaviors may occur after brain injury. Some of these behaviors might be understood as 1) direct consequences of brain injury; apathy, disinhibition, and executive dysfunction are the three major domains of aberrant social behaviors after injury of prefrontal cortex, 2) consequence of other neuropsychological manifestations such as delirium or amnesic syndrome, 3) psychological reactions to physical impairment or social difficulties. To evaluate behavioral symptoms, itʼs important to obtain information from persons who are familiar with the patient. Individual-oriented intervention would be effective to improve the patientʼs social function.