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Alteration in eating behavior following head injury: A case report
Author(s) -
Morris Charles H.,
Hope R. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(199007)9:4<463::aid-eat2260090414>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - pathological , head injury , psychology , memory impairment , closed head injury , neuroscience , head (geology) , developmental psychology , medicine , traumatic brain injury , psychiatry , cognition , pathology , biology , paleontology
We describe substantial and persistent changes in eating, including hyperphagia, occurring after closed head injury. These changes caused considerable difficulties in management. We suggest that these changes are not a consequence of associated memory impairment, but arise as a result of pathological changes in the brain consequent directly on the injury.