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It should come as no surprise that there are significant emotional consequences to serious head injuries. Consider, for example, the extreme distress you yourself would experience if you were involved in a major automobile accident. As a result, you become unconscious for several days or weeks; you awaken half paralyzed in an eerie room full of strange sights and sounds, costing $500 per day. Because of the restraints, tubes, and catheters, you are unable to move your unaffected side. Your hemiparetic side both puzzles and frightens you. You are aware of a distressing memory loss for recently occurring events. Your ability to speak or to comprehend written or spoken language is disrupted.
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Lynch, W.J. (1982). Emotional Consequences of Brain Injury. In: Trexler, L.E. (eds) Cognitive Rehabilitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4250-2_4
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