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Post‐Concussion Syndrome
Author(s) -
NYLANDER I.,
RYDELIUS P.A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10685.x
Subject(s) - brother , medicine , concussion , physical examination , psychosocial , neurological examination , head injury , pediatrics , psychiatry , poison control , injury prevention , surgery , medical emergency , sociology , anthropology
. A 9‐year‐old boy was referred for child‐psychiatric examination because of failure in school, restlessness, impulsiveness and concentration difficulties. The symptomatology was ascribed to a previous severe head injury and defined as a post‐concussion syndrome. During the examination it was found that he had an identical twin brother without a history of brain‐damage. A comparison of the patient and his twin brother with the same examination methods at the age of 9 and 18 gave similar results. These indicate that factors other than brain damage also could explain a clinical picture with school failure, restlessness, impulsiveness and concentration difficulties in a schoolboy. The question arises whether a clinical picture of this kind are the symptoms of stress among vulnerable boys in reaction to excessive demands from their psychosocial environment.