INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT IN HEAD INJURIES

JURGEN RUESCHAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 100, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.100.4.480

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1. This investigation is concerned with the frequency and nature of intellectual impairment in head injuries.

2. The methods for evaluation of defects are discussed with special reference to the two criteria used in this study: comparison of performance with estimated intelligence, and improvement on repeated examinations.

3. The following tests measured the impairment best: 100-7 test, pictorial absurdities, hole-in-the-board test, pictorial discrimination, naming of colors, and reading.

4. The mental functions affected are primarily: speed, judgment, and ability to keep up a sustained effort.

5. About one-half of all subjects suffering from head injury show slight intellectual defects. These become less marked with increasing remoteness from the time of the injury. If the impairment is reversible, the duration is usually a matter of less than 3 months.

6. The impairment seems to be related to the severity of the brain damage. The more serious the intellectual defect, the higher is the incidence of abnormal neurological signs.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 100 • Number 4 • January 1944

Pages: 480 - 496

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Published in print: January 1944

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JURGEN RUESCH

The Neurological Unit of the Boston City Hospital and the Department of Neurology of the Harvard Medical School.

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INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT IN HEAD INJURIES

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