Post-Acute Polytrauma Rehabilitation and Integrated Care of Returning Veterans: Toward a Holistic Approach

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-269

  Uomoto, Jay M ^a   Williams, Rhonda M ^b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injuries; Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Iraqi Freedom; rehabilitation; stress disorders; war

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEURASTHENIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WAR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 70249131794     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016907     Document Type: Article

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