Impact of early administration of sertraline on cognitive and behavioral recovery in the first year after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-361

  Baños, James H ^a   Novack, Thomas A ^a   Brunner, Robert ^a   Renfroe, Sharon ^a   Lin, Hui Yi ^b   Meythaler, Jay ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; cognition; sertraline hydrochloride; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957573760     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181d6c715     Document Type: Article

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