Correlative factors for organic psychotic symptoms in patients following traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To investigate the correlative factors for organic psychotic symptoms following traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Methods: In the current study, 391 subjects who had undergone forensic identification of the organic mental disorders due to TBI were included, both the demographic and post-traumatic information collected. The relevant data were statistically analyzed in those confirmed as organic psychotic syndrome according to Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders 3rd version (CCMD-3).

[Evaluating on recognition impairment after traumatic brain injury with WCST].

Objective: To explore the value of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) in evaluating the recognition impairment after traumatic brain injury (TB1).

Methods: WCST and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised in China (WAIS-RC) were adopted to assess the cognitive function in 186 patients with brain injury (experimental group) and 180 healthy volunteers (control group), respectively. The cognition between the experimental group and the control group was compared.