A preliminary study of the effect of a diagnosis of concussion on ptsd symptoms and otherpsychiatric variables at the time of treatment seeking among veterans

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-252

  Romesser, Jennifer ^a,b   Shen, Shuying ^a,b   Reblin, Maija ^a   Kircher, John ^b   Allen, Steven ^a,b   Roberts, Toni ^a,b   Marchand, William R ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c The Brain Institute at the University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 79952350998     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00056     Document Type: Article

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