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What is a personality change head injury?
A personality change head injury occurs when an individual has sustained a head injury or brain injury that results in changes to their personality. This form of personal injury can lead to several changes in your behaviour, impacting your ability to retain a job, maintain social relationships and your independence.
Frontal lobe injuries and personality changes
Studies have shown a close connection between head injuries where the frontal lobe has become damaged and personality or behavioural changes. The frontal lobe is often described as the brain’s control centre, controlling and regulating your emotions, decision-making and social skills, amongst other things.
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If you have suffered a head injury as a result of a road traffic accident, an accident at your work or in public, or medical negligence leading to your personality becoming altered, we can help.
Common alterations in personality and behaviour following head injury
Common personality changes following a head injury include:
• Making more impulsive decisions
• Being more aggressive
• Being more withdrawn and reserved in social settings
• Mood swings
• Lack of interest or enthusiasm in hobbies or subjects of interest
• Less mature or childlike behaviour.
If you feel this has happened to you following a head injury sustained through somebody else’s negligence, you might have grounds for a claim.
Behaviour and personality change claims after a head injury
If your behaviour or personality alteration is due to the actions and negligence of another person, you may be able to claim compensation.
The amount of compensation available to you depends on a number of factors, including:
• The severity of the brain injury.
• The extent of your personality and behaviour changes.
• The impact on your daily life.
• Your loss of earnings – and future losses.
• Cost of care, rehabilitation and support.
• The degree of defendant liability.
How to make a behaviour and personality change claim
To make a claim over behaviour and personality changes incurred as a result of head injuries or brain injuries, you must first speak to a medical professional to establish that any changes to your personality were caused by the head injury in question.
You will need to demonstrate and document the impact that these behavioural changes are having on your life. Our experienced behaviour and personality change solicitors can help advise on whether you have grounds to make a claim.
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Behaviour and personality change claim FAQs
Get answers to common questions about behaviour and personality changes due to head injuries and find out more about your rights to bring a claim.
How drastically does my personality have to change in order to make a claim?
It is not the level of personality change that will affect your claim eligibility, but whether or not you can demonstrate that the personality change was caused by your head injury. If your behaviour and personality have changed in any way out of your control, you likely have grounds for a claim.
Does my behaviour or personality have to have changed for the worse?
Not necessarily. You can make a claim if there are any noticeable changes in your behaviour or personality, for worse or for better. Provided that any behaviour changes have been verified as caused by your head injury by a medical professional, you likely have grounds for a claim.
Can I claim for breakdowns in relationships?
Yes – if your behavioural changes were caused by a head or brain injury at the negligence of somebody else, and these caused breakdown in your personal relationships, these can be made part of your claim.
Contact our behaviour and personality change experts
Our Newcastle-based behaviour and personality change compensation claim experts can help you get the result you deserve.
Get in touch today for a no-obligation chat to discuss whether you have the basis of a claim or not.
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