APA Dictionary of Psychology

posttraumatic personality disorder

Updated on 04/19/2018
a personality disorder occasionally observed after a severe head injury. Some individuals become indifferent and withdrawn, but most are irritable, impulsive, petulant, extremely selfish, and irresponsible. Older individuals and those with frontal-lobe damage may show impaired memory with confabulation.
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