The influence of pre-deployment neurocognitive functioning on post-deployment PTSD symptom outcomes among Iraq-deployed Army soldiers

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 840-852

  Marx, Brian P ^a,b   Doron Lamarca, Susan ^a,b   Proctor, Susan P ^a,c,d   Vasterling, Jennifer J ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Combat; Neurocognitive functioning; PTSD; Verbal memory; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARMY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 72749083464     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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