Personality change after traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lauren Burns¹, Kelly Jones², Keishema Kerr¹, Nora Brennan³, Natalie Clapshaw³, Huw Green⁴, Hannah Farrimond⁵, Claire Stone³, Sam Wilkinson⁵, Members Of Headway London³, Vaughan Bell^6,7

¹Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.

²University of Swansea, Swansea, UK.

³Headway London, London, UK.

⁴Department of Neuropsychology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

⁵Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

⁶Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK. vaughan.bell@ucl.ac.uk.

⁷Dept of Neuropsychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. vaughan.bell@ucl.ac.uk.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Personality change is a debilitating consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet its prevalence, characteristics, and treatment remain poorly understood. METHODS: We completed a pre-registered (CRD42023440990) systematic review and meta-analysis searching four databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE and CINAHL) for primary studies assessing personality change after TBI. We synthesiz…

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