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Psychosocial Sequelae of Head Injury – Anatomy of a Relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. J. McClelland*
Affiliation:
Professor of Mental Health, The Queen's University of Belfast, Department of Mental Health, The Whitla Medical Building, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7BL

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The nature and extent of psychological and social disability following head injury remain issues of considerable practical and theoretical interest. Practical because of the size of the problem and the resulting burden of care; theoretical because head injury should provide a powerful model for an improved understanding of the relationships between cerebral disorder and psychological impairment. (Lishman, 1973)

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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