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QUOTABLE:
DEBORAH BRYON
"Individuals with neuropsychological impairment as the
result of a head injury are considered to be among those at
greatest risk for developing violent and aggressive behavior.
Sustaining a TBI [traumatic brain injury] has been found to
be a significant predictor of becoming a batterer. In a
comparison study, prior history of TBI was found to be more
highly correlated with domestic battering than any other
medical, psychosocial, and psychiatric variables measured
(Cohen et al., 1999). Men with a history of brain injury are
six times more likely to engage in spousal aggression, and
in 93.1% of a group of batterers who sustained TBIs, the
injury occurred prior to the first episode of domestic violence
(Westby & Ferraro, 1999)."
Deborah Bryon, "Domestic aggression and traumatic brain
injury," 4therapy.com
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