Trail making test performance in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 811-819

  Beckham, Jean C ^a,b   Crawford, Angela L ^a   Feldman, Michelle E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

PTSD; Trails A; Trails B; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIET NAM;

EID: 0031647209     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024409903617     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Barrett, D.H., Green, M.L., Morris, R., Giles, W.H., & Croft, J.B. (1996). Cognitive functioning and posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 153, 1492-14
2. Beckham, J.C., Roodman, A.A., Shipley, R.H., Hertzberg, M.A., Cunha, G.H., Kudler, H.S., Levin, E.D., Rose, J.E., & Fairbank, J.A. (1995). Smoking in Vietnam combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, 461-467.
3. Bornstein, R.A. (1985). Normative data on selected neuropsychological measures from a nonclinical sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41, 651-659.
4. Bremner, J.D., Scott, TM., Delancey, R.C., Southwick, S.M., Mason, J.W., Johnson, D.R., Innis, R.B., McCarthy, G., & Charney, D.S. (1993). Deficits in short-term memory in posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 1015-1019.
5. Frueh, B.C., Gold, P.B., & de Arellano, M.A. (1997). Symptom overreporting in combat veterans evaluated for PTSD: Differentiation on the basis of compensation seeking status. Journal of Personality Assessment, 68, 369-384.
6. Gurvits, T.V., Lasko, N.B., Schacter, SC, Kuhne, A.A., Orr, S.P., Pitman, R.K. (1993). Neurological status of Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Neuropsychiatry, 5, 183-188.
7. Hays, J.R. (1995). Trail Making test norms for psychiatric patients. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 80, 187-191.
8. Keane, T.M., Caddell, J.M., & Taylor, K.L. (1988). Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Three studies in reliability and validity. Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology, 56, 85-80.
9. Keane, T.M., Fairbank, J.A., Caddell, J.M., Zimering, R. T., Taylor, K.L., and Mora, C. (1989). Clinical evaluation of a measure to assess combat exposure. Psychological Assessment: Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology, 1, 53-55.
10. Kulka, R.A., Schlenger, W.E., Fairbank, J.A., Hough, R.L., Jordan, C.B., Marmar, C.R., & Weiss, D.S. (1990). Trauma and the Vietnam war generation: Report of findings from the National Veterans Readjustment Study. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
11. Millis, S.R., Rosenthal, M., & Lourie, I.F. (1994). Predicting community integration after traumatic brain injury with neuropsychological measures. International Journal of Neuroscience, 79, 165-167.
12. Orr, S.P., Lasko, N.B., Shalev, A.Y., & Pitman, R.K. (1995). Physiologic responses to loud tones in Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 104, 75-82.
13. Reitan, R.M. (1993). The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery: Theory and clinical interpretation. Tucson, AZ: Neuropsychology Press.
14. Spitzer, R.L., Williams, J.B., Gibbon, M., & First, M.B. (1989). Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). New York: Biometrics Research Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute.
15. Sutker, P.B., Vasterling, J.J., Brailey, K., & Allain, A.N. (1995). Memory, attention, and executive deficits in POW survivors: Contributing biological and psychological factors. Neuropsychology, 9, 118-125.
16. Wolfe, J., & Charney, D.S. (1991). Use of neuropsychological assessment in posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 3, 573-580.
17. Yehuda, R., Keefe, R.S., Harvey, P.D., Levengood, R.A., Gerber, D.K., Geni, J., & Siever, L.J. (1995). Learning and memory in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 152, 137-139.