Behavioral changes (also called personality changes) are common in people with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury. These changes usually occur soon after the traumatic brain injury and may change over time. The types of changes people experience and their duration depend on where the injury is, its severity, and other factors. People with a serious traumatic brain injury are more likely to have behavioral changes that last for a while.
The good news is that behavioral changes can improve over time. Personality changes, memory and judgment deficits, lack of impulse control, and lack of concentration are common problems. Behavioral changes can be stressful for families and caregivers, who must learn to adapt their communication techniques, re-establish relationships and change expectations about what the person with a disability can or cannot do. After a head injury, it's easy to react more drastically to a given situation than before the injury.
In “The Crash Reel”, one of Pearce's former snowboarding companions is also shown struggling with his own behavior after multiple brain injuries, demonstrating to viewers how people can be reshaped by physical trauma to their heads.
People with brain injuries can experience a variety of neuropsychological problems after a traumatic brain injury.
This content has been reviewed and approved by experts from the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS), funded by the National Institute for Research on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation, as well as by experts from the Polytraumatic Rehabilitation (PRC) Centers, funded by the U. Brain Injury Survivors may be affected by the altered neural connections described above and may present unexpected behavioral changes.We recommend that you work with a psychologist or neuropsychologist to manage emotional changes until you can receive treatment for post-concussion syndrome.
Changes in the environment or in routines are much more harmful to the person with a brain injury, as they have to adapt to new information.On the other hand, disinhibition and related behavioral changes may be due to sleep interruption caused by the injury. In other words, there's a good chance that a brain injury will alter the way the brain normally processes information and emotions, leaving you vulnerable to a series of unpleasant mood changes. After a concussion or any blow to the head, you go to the doctor and they tell you that you may have a concussion, but that's no big deal because you. This overstimulation is the cause of much of the irritation, angry outbursts, aggressive behavior, and mood changes you may experience after a head injury.
While many people know that brain injuries can cause physical problems, such as headaches, dizziness, memory problems, and problems with maintaining balance and gait, what often goes unnoticed (except for family members, friends, and even some of the survivors themselves) are the personality changes that occur when the brain suffers brain injury. Sean Hollis, PhD; Phillip Klebine, MA; Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD, FACRM; Tom Novack, PhD, ABPP-CN; and Summar Reslan, PhD, ABPP-CN, developed an understanding of problematic behavioral changes after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, in collaboration with the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.
