Understanding the 'miserable minority': A diasthesis-stress paradigm for post-concussional syndrome

Brain Injury

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1135-1153

  Wood, R Ll ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURY; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

EID: 5644261465     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050410001675906     Document Type: Review

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