11.10 Resources

The resources here are primarily resources about Mental Health problems.

Fact sheets, podcasts, references

Synapse Fact sheets

Mental Illness Fellowship Fact sheets

Mental Health Association of NSW Fact sheets

Sane Australia Fact sheets podcasts

Black Dog Institute Fact sheets

Introduction to the DSM IV

DSM IV Codes

Podcasts and videos

Podcasts: Dr Jungfer 2004

The following podcasts are the sound tracks from videoed lectures.

Module 10 Mental Health problems and TBI : An Introduction
Module 11 Mental health problems and TBI : Diagnosis and Treatment

Mood Disorders

Psychotic disorders

Anxiety disorders

Personality disorders

Organisations & websites

Beyond Blue

Black dog institute Mental Health Coordinating Council

Health Insite Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists

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Recommended reading and references

Mood disorders

Mood disorders following traumatic brain injury: chapter 4 : in The behavioural and emotional complications of traumatic brain injury. SF Crowe. Taylor and Francis. New York 2007.

Mood disorders RE Jorge, RG Robinson. Chapter 10 In; Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury. Ed. JM Silver, TW McAllister, SC Yudofsky. American Psychiatri Press. Washington DC, 2011.

Clinical considerations for the diagnosis of major depression after moderate to severe TBI. RT Steel, S Macciocchi, JS Kreuter. J. Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Vol 25 (2), 99 – 112. 2010

Psychotic disorders

Psychotic disorder due to traumatic brain injury:  DE Fujii, NP Armstrong and I Ahmed.  Chapter 13, in The Sectrum of Psychotic Disorder; Neurobiology, Etiology and Pathogenesis.  Ed D Fujii, I Ahmed.  Cambridge Press, United Kingdom.  2007.

Schizophrenia-like psychosis and traumatic brain injury.  PS Sachdev.  Chapter 13 in Secondary Schizophrenia.  Cambridge Press.  New York 2010.

Psychotic Disorder:  A Wakin, D Malaspina, M Perrin, TW McCallister, C Corcoran.  Chapter 11 : in Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury.  Ed. JM Silver, TW McCallister, SC Yudofsky.  American Psychiatric Publishing.  Washington 2011.

Anxiety disorders

Anxiety Disorders, Chapter 4 in :  The behavioural and emotional complications of traumatic brain injury.  SF Crowe.  Taylor & Francis.  New York, 2007.

Post traumatic stress disorder.  MS Jaffee, JE Kennedy, FO Leal, KS Meyer.  Chapter 12:  In Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury.  Ed. J Silver, TW McCallister, SC Yudofsky.  American Psychiatric Press.  Washington 2011.

Personality disorders

Personality change:  GJ O’Shanick, AM O’Shanick, JA Znotens.   Chapter 13, In Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury.  Ed. J Silver, TW McCallister, SC Yudofsky.  American Psychiatric Press.  Washington 2011

Organic Personality Change.  Chapter 3 in:  The behavioural and emotional complications of traumatic brain injury.  SF Crowe.  Taylor & Francis.  New York, 2007.

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