Abstract
Twenty-eight head-injured psychiatrically ill patients were compared in terms of compliance with psychiatric treatment and hostility levels to a matched control group of 28 non-head-injured psychiatrically ill patients attending a community mental health clinic. Results indicated that the two groups did not differ in treatment compliance. However, the head-injured group had significantly less rapport with their therapists. Hostility measures revealed that male head-injured patients scored significantly higher on the assaultive scale; and the severity of the head injury correlated positively with levels of hostility and with reported problems at school.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 557-564 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the National Medical Association |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1990 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
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Salloum, I. M., Jenkins, E. J., Thompson, B., Levi, D., & Burnett, Y. (1990). Treatment compliance and hostility levels of head-injured psychiatric outpatients. Journal of the National Medical Association, 82(8), 557-564.