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| | Psychosocial Outcomes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Jacobs (1988), in his survey of long-term needs after severe brain injury, found reports of depression, fatigue, anxiety, and general tension in half of the patients; and impaired motivation, lability, mood changes, restlessness and temper tantrums in one-third. |
 | | Prefrontal lobe damage often produces disinhibition, euphoria, lack of tact, and childishness, a cluster of symptoms referred to as "frontal lobe syndrome." Irritability and increased aggressiveness are observed after temporal lobe damage. |
 | | Other persistent behavior problems included "childishness" (46% at one year, 38% at five years), "talking too much" (27% at one year, 38% at five years), and getting "readily upset even by small changes in routine" (24% at one year, 38% at five years). |
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