Frontal Lobe Syndrome
Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury
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What is Frontal Lobe Syndrome?
  • A syndrome occuring following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or othertypes of acquired brain injury (e.g., stroke, aneurysm).
  • A complicated disorder affecting many areas of a person's life.

Characteristics

  • Disinhibition
  • Errors in judgment
  • Decreased coherence of langauge
  • Attention difficulties
  • Poor memory (Short term memory)
  • Perseveration
  • Aphasia
  • Reduced activity
  • Disturbed affect
  • Irritability

Explanations

  • Inappropriate remarks
  • Personally and financially
  • Socially inappropriate, disinhibited, and confabulation of discourse
  • Distractibility
  • "Forgetting to Remember"
  • Fixation
  • Language impairment
  • Inability to plan ahead
  • Indifference to the world
  • Aggression

For Additional Resources and Information:
University of Nebraska Lincoln Traumatic Brain Injury Homepage