In today's society auto accidents are abundant, yet there are only now being more reported cases of frontal lobe injuries that are linked to auto accidents. A 5 mile an hour impact can cause a frontal lobe injury. The frontal lobes are very susceptible to traumatic injury due to their position in the brain. A blow from the front, back or side of the head can result in a frontal lobe injury. Even a whiplash type injury without an actual blow to the head may result in bruising of the forebrain. (1.Brain injury association of Washington). Since the mid part of last century, personality and behavior disorders have been described following frontal lobe lesions, but it is remarkable how clinically these conditions often go undetected, and how the relevance of frontal lobe disorders has been neglected. (3. Jacobsen CF. Functions and the frontal association cortex. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 1935) Despite previous studies lead to the delineation of specific deficiency in behavior that is associated with frontal lobe lesions in this part of the brain. (6. Scoville WB selective cortical undercutting as a means of modifying and studying frontal lobe function in man: preliminary report of 43 operative cases. J Neurosurgery 1949)
             Attention disorder is one of the specific behaviors deficits following frontal lobe injury, patients show distractibility and poor attention or "forgetting to remember". Other characteristics of frontal lobe disorders include reduced activity, particularly a reduction of spontaneous activity, lack of drive, lack of concern, and an inability to plan ahead. Restless, aimless uncoordinated behavior is sometimes associated with this. Patients may show an indifference to the world around them affect may be disturbed, with apathy and emotional blunting. On some occasions, a euphoria and disinhibition are described. The euphoria is unlike a mania, it instead has an empty quality to it. The disinhibition leads to mar...