Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:1013-1017
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
The identification and treatment of adult brain dysfunction
HB Mann and SI Greenspan
The authors hypothesize that adults who have had minimal brain dysfunction
as children constitute a distinct diagnostic entity, adult brain
dysfunction (ABD), which may exist alone or with a variety of other
psychiatric syndromes. Patients with ABD share a basic impairment in
ability to focus attention effectively; they may have different personality
structures, symptom complexes, and behavioral patterns. However, with
medication that corrects this impairment, remarkable improvement in the
presenting symptoms and in the ability to work in therapy may occur,
leading to changes in personality structure and behavior.
