Atypical psychological responses to traumatic brain injury: PTSD and beyond

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-90

  Miller, Laurence ^a  

^a Plaza Four ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Postconcussion syndrome (PCS); Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Traumatic brain injury (TBI); Traumatic stress syndromes

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032887915     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-1999-13203     Document Type: Review

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