Premorbid Antisocial Personality and Substance Use Disorder in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report and Review of Literature. (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jeckell, Aaron S.; Durand, Dante
• Is Part Of: Addictive disorders & their treatment. Volume 14:Number 2(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: substance use disorder -- traumatic brain injury -- antisocial personality; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 616.86005
• DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000064
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1531-5754

Abstract

Abstract : We report on a 29 year-old male with a history of antisocial personality and polysusbtance use disorder, who sustained a traumatic brain injury five months before presenting to the psychiatric emergency room in an agitated state and with suicidal and homicidal ideations. We discussed medication management and psychotherapeutic interventions in this case, and we performed a literature review on brain traumatic injury.