Changes in personality after mild traumatic brain injury from primary blast vs. blunt forces

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-18

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b   Owens, Emily M ^a   Jimenez, Elvira E ^a   Peppers, Dominique ^b   Licht, Eliot A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast forces; Blunt forces; Concussion; Personality; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; APATHY; ARTICLE; BIG FIVE INVENTORY; BLAST INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL SYSTEMS BEHAVIOUR SCALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL ADJECTIVES SCALE; INTERPERSONAL MEASURE OF PSYCHOPATHY; MALE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 84871389739     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.722252     Document Type: Article

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