Personality Characteristics of the Child Accident Repeater

Manheimer, Dean I.; Mellinger, Glen D.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1967.tb04358.x

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“…These children react to a difficult family situation by hurting themselves. Their personality characteristics have been described by other workers studying children with repeated accidents (Fuller, 1948;Langford et al, 1953;Manheimer and Mellinger, 1967). They are led into situations where they are more frequently faced with accident hazards than other children.…”

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Families of Children with Repeated Accidents

Husband¹,

Hinton²

1972

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Husband, P., and Hinton, P. E. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 396. Families of children with repeated accidents. The families of 24 children who attended an accident department with repeated injuries are described. The children frequently had an extrovert type of personality and there were often associated family problems. Coexistent psychiatric or organic illness in other members of the family was common. We suggest that the family background should be investigated whenever children attend a casualty department with repeated injuries, however minor they may be.

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“…It is well recognized that some children without any physical handicap are more liable to repeated accidents than others (Langford et al, 1953;Manheimer and Mellinger, 1967). It is important to recognize this potentially dangerous pattern of behaviour so that with appropriate help it may be altered.…”

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Families of Children with Repeated Accidents

Husband¹,

Hinton²

1972

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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“…11 Children with high accident liability are more likely to have had evidence of personal and social maladjustment, psychosomatic ailments, and referrals to counsellors or psychiatrists before their accidents. 12 Motor vehicle accidents are a major cause of TBI and it has been estimated that 90% of such accidents are caused by driver error. 31 Studies have suggested that people with psychiatric problems have 1.5 to 2.5 times the risk of a motor vehicle accident compared with other drivers.…”

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“…Previous studies suggest that psychiatric illness may be a risk factor for traumatic accidents but they did not specifically examine TBI as an outcome. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Furthermore, some of these studies examined small or selected populations and ascertained psychopathology imprecisely. A few studies have examined a narrow range of psychiatric risk factors for TBI in selected populations but their results may not apply to other populations.…”

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Psychiatric illness and subsequent traumatic brain injury: a case control study

Fann

2002

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery &Amp; Psychiatry

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Objective: To determine whether psychiatric illness is a risk factor for subsequent traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: Case control study in a large staff model health maintenance organisation in western Washington State. Patients with TBI, determined by International classification of diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnoses, were 1440 health plan members who had TBI diagnosed in 1993 and who had been enrolled in the previous year, during which no TBI was ascertained. Three health plan members were randomly selected as control subjects, matched by age, sex, and reference date. Psychiatric illness in the year before the TBI reference date was determined by using computerised records of ICD-9-CM diagnoses, psychiatric medication prescriptions, and utilisation of a psychiatric service. Results: For those with a psychiatric diagnosis in the year before the reference date, the adjusted relative risk for TBI was 1.7 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4 to 2.0) compared with those without a psychiatric diagnosis. Patients who had filled a psychiatric medication prescription had an adjusted relative risk for TBI of 1.6 (95% CI 1.2 to 2.1) compared with those who had not filled a psychiatric medication prescription. Patients who had utilised psychiatric services had an adjusted relative risk for TBI of 1.3 (95% CI 1.0 to 1.6) compared with those who had not utilised psychiatric services. The adjusted relative risk for TBI for patients with psychiatric illness determined by any of the three psychiatric indicators was 1.6 (95% CI 1.4 to 1.9) compared with those without any psychiatric indicator. Conclusion: Psychiatric illness appears to be associated with an increased risk for TBI.T he most common mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are motor vehicle collisions, falls, sports and recreational injuries, and assaults.1-5 The known risk factors for sustaining a TBI are age 15-24 years (with smaller peaks in the > 60 and < 5 year age groups), male sex, increased blood alcohol concentration, and lower socioeconomic status.6 7 The identification of modifiable risk factors and of high risk populations has recently been prioritised by the Department of Health and Human Services' Interagency Head Injury Task Force in the United States 8 and may lead to prevention programs that help to decrease the incidence of TBI and associated disability and mortality. Although mild cases constitute the vast majority of TBI and may result in prolonged disability, 9 relatively little is known about the risk factors for mild TBI.While it is recognised that people are more likely to suffer from psychiatric illness following TBI, 10 it is less clear whether those who sustain a TBI are more likely to have had a psychiatric illness before their injury. Previous studies suggest that psychiatric illness may be a risk factor for traumatic accidents but they did not specifically examine TBI as an outcome. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Furthermore, some of these studies examined small or selected populations and ascertaine...

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“…127,240 Another risk factor may be left-handedness. 166,231,259 A patient sustaining an ankle injury or fracture appears to be at greater risk for repeat injury.…”

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Injury to the Immature Skeleton

2000

Skeletal Injury in the Child

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Personality Characteristics of the Child Accident Repeater

Cited by 59 publications

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Families of Children with Repeated Accidents

Families of Children with Repeated Accidents

Psychiatric illness and subsequent traumatic brain injury: a case control study

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