what is post traumatic brain disorder?
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I think that you are after post traumatic stress disorder which is a term for certain psychological consequences of exposure to, or confrontation with, stressful experiences that the person experiences as highly traumatic. This includes death to another person or threatened death or other serious threat to your wellbeing.\n\nExperiences likely to induce the condition include:\n\n* childhood physical/emotional or sexual abuse \n* adult experiences of rape, war and combat exposure (the latter often called combat stress reaction) \n* violent attacks \n* Bad drug experiences (LSD, Magic Mushrooms) \n* natural catastrophes \n* life-threatening childbirth complications
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No, but having a brain injury could possibly cause someone to become mentally ill.  A brain injury is when trauma occurs to one or more brain regions and would usually result in behavioural changes.  This could be pretty much anything from a change in personality, memory deficits and motor inabilities (problems with physical behaviours-shaking hands for example) to name a few.  However these changes do not mean the person is mentally ill.  Alternatively, the trauma could result in damage to brain neurons causing malfunctions in the release of neurotransmitters.  This may lead to the person becoming depressed or experiencing some form of psychosis, which would likely be able to be controlled to a point with medication, depending on the severity of the damage.  It is also possible that the person may suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) if their brain damage resulted from a serious accident.  On the whole though brain damage does not often result in mental illness.  Contrary to one of the previous answers, as you have already read in my answer, many mental illnesses do stem from malfunctions in the brain, although these do not need to be caused by damage.  Schizophrenia and serious depression are 2-these can be caused by malfunctions of neurotransmitters (depression is believed to be caused by an ineffective use of serotonin in the brain, for example) and are often treated with medication.  If mental illness was purely psychological and not biological, medication wouldnt work would it?! Use of most illegal drugs (Heroin, Cocaine, LSD, Ecstacy) can also cause mental illness over time through destroying brain regions and depleting neurotransmitter levels. Anxiety disorders can be also treated with medication-I'm sure you get what I'm saying about how biological mental illness often is!\nAs for the last part of your question, Alzheimers disease can often make elderly people confused about 'time'-they may believe they are only 25 years old when indeed they are 70.  This is because the disease affects (among others) the brain region known as the hippocampus, which is closely related to memory. \nAbuse could make someone act much younger than they are because they feel as though their childhood was stolen and hasn't yet been lived-this is prominent in sexual abuse, where the individuals were forced to partake in very adult behaviours as a child.   \nI hope this all makes sense for you!  All the best!
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Multiple Sclerosis.  It is a neurological condition where the myelin wrapped around the nerve endings is randomly attacked, causing about anything.
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You can read tons of info about brain injury and the different causes here\nhttp://www.biausa.org/Pages/causes_of_brain_injury.html
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it is a mental illness\nBipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function. Different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe. They can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide. But there is good news: bipolar disorder can be treated, and people with this illness can lead full and productive lives\n\n check out this site\nhttp://www.nimh.nih.gov/Publicat/bipolar.cfm
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it was thought that scrambling the frontal lobe of the brain would be the perfect treatment for people who where manic/depressive/combative and a number of other mental conditions. what it did was make emotionally void zombies of the ones who didn't die from massive infection, toxemia of the brain or just lack of humor! i don't think I'd find anything funny about an icepick shoved in my the corner of my eye while they did the cha-cha to my gray matter! the medical community as a whole abandoned this therapy due to some doctors using it as a why to rid society of the feeble and unproductive and that other things like shock treatments and over medicating would be better.
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The brain floats in a cushion of cerebral fluids and when a blow is strong enough to overcome the cushioning, the brain is diffusely affected; the whole brain is shocked. The brain can spend up to a week in hyper-metabolic activity, taking in many nutrients, before it recovers.
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First, to be diagnosed with PTSD, the first criteria is to have experienced an event that involved actual or threatened death, serious injury, or threat to the physical integrity of yourself or others. If this has happened to you, and a person was the cause (rather than a tornado, car wreck, etc.), then you need to report it to your parents or another adult.\nThere is a workbook called the PTSD workbook, written by Dr. Mary Beth Williams and Dr Soili Poijula. I got it at Books A Million. The web address for the publisher is www.newharbinger.com. The product number is 2825. $17.95. The book contains a self test, as well as exercises for the treatment of PTSD. Some symptoms are...reexperiencing the traumatic event through bad dreams, flashbacks, distressing and recurring thoughts, images, or perceptions; you experience intense mental distress or physical reactions to anything that reminds you of the event (like smells, sights, sounds, dates); loss of memory, feeling of detachment or estrangement from others, ability to feel emotion is restricted; sense of foreshortened future (you do not expect to have a career, marraige, children, or normal life span); difficulty falling or staying asleep; irritability or outbursts of anger; difficulty concentrating; hypervigilance (being overly watchful); exaggerated startle response (you're jumpy); chronic guilt or self blame; and physical manifestations that include digestive problems, chronic pain, or panic attacks\nThis book and treatment changed my life. Even if you don't have PTSD but feel some of these things, it can help you. However, considering your age, it would be best to seek a professional therapist to guide you through the process. Even adults have to do this sometimes. I've also listed some websites for you.\n\nI have already answered your other duplicate question. This is the same answer....
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yes. They probably need it after that traumatic incident
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I'm not a doctor and if you are "this person", you should consult your doctor if "this person" has any doubt.\n\nThis is what i know:\nCerebrum is the main portion of the brain. Click the following link for image and further detail.\n\nhttp://www.chp.edu/greystone/neuro/anatomy.php\n\nConcussion is brain injury (usually caused by trauma such as fall, hit on the head etc.) that causes transient coma for hours followed by apparent complete clinical recovery. Cerebral concussion means the part of the brain that is injured is the cerebrum.\n\nA more serious brain injury is called contusion, resulting prolonged coma and brain damage.
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Most of us suffer from some for of post traumatic stress disorder.  Especially those who saw combat.  We were programed to kill people and break things to act as police in the most unusual chaos without the training to do it.  I remember being told to suit up in MOPP gear, a chemical weapon suit and learn how to fire so I could continue on with the mission when all I could think of was getting the hell out of the contaminated area.  also taking a life offsets you years after you do it.  Especially the bloody ones or the younger ones.  You usually have no choice but you dwell on it constantly when you get out.  Best solution is to talk with other people who have experienced what you have, don't break any confidences but open up as much as you can.  it has helped me some.
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Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder, sufferers experience mood swings that are far beyond what most normal people do.
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You should ask the doctor or surgeon treating the patient.  I wouldn't even guess unless you told me what part of the brain was damaged.
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I will guess the last part is the significant part of the question.  A bad relatioship is treated in the brain the same as trauma, but has an added component of self-doubt and feeling of inadequacy and self-loathing.  So, the major negative components emotionally are depression, which is an inhibition of various neuronal areas (it isnt particularly well understood).  Rest assured, if you are feeling emotionally devastated, it has a biochemical reason-just because thoughts and emotions are variable and somewhat controllable doesnt make them non-chemical.  For any depressing event, there are a few things that help to bring your brain chemistry back in order (or, in other words, make you feel better).  Social interaction is extremely important, as this is the primary way humans and other social animals deal with stress and loss- you dont even have to necessarily talk about the breakup or terrible things that happened, just being accepted and loved and interacting is important.  Get a lot of exercise-wear yourself out.  This is a very powerful treatment for depression and anger, and helps to calm your mind.  If you can, exert control on where your thoughts go-cognitive therapy doesnt have to be directed from outside.  When you start to notice your thoughts going in a bad direction, find ways to redirect it, to see the thing that is hurting you in a different light- This is the great therapautic angle of philosophy and religion...when you feel battered and abused, you may think that there is a higher reason you are being put through this, and it is a better way to think-or you may think of the horrors that others have lived through, so you can be objective about your own trials (without dismissing them).  You may realize the truism that we grow most, in intellect, wisdom, and strength, by being put through emotional pain, because it forces us to introspect, to come to grips with situations, and to learn ourselves...None of these things will cure you overnight, but they are all helpful and will speed your return to balance.  All of us have endured things, done things, that later we could not beleive, and later felt anger and guilt for-it is part of the human condition...not that it makes your own personal pain any less, but at least you most of us have been there.   I really hope this helps-good luck.
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The technical term is Bi-polar Disorder, either type I, II, or NOS (non specific). You need to be formally diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist through your insurance provider.\n\nTreatment: Depends on the severity of mood swings, mania, depression. Treatment may include medication and/or therapy.\n\nYou can look for the formal diagnostic criteria of Bi-Polar, by searching for the "DSM-IV" manual on the internet or checking it out from a library.
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A stroke, or CVA [cerebral vascular accident], is a medical term for an event where the brain does not get enough blood flow (whether is due to a leak or a blockage).  The nervous tissue in the brain requires a constant supply of blood (because it carries oxygen).  If this supply is insufficient, the nervous tissue will die, and therefore parts of the brain tissue dies.  The brain is the center of the nervous system.
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lack of sleep, depression , stress, trauma ( as in winessing or being involved in a catastrophe)\nabuse, mental illness, ADD ( dont really believe in it )\nstarvation.