Mood symptoms contribute to working memory decrement in active-duty soldiers being treated for posttraumatic stress disorder

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-364

  Dretsch, Michael N ^a   Thiel, Kenneth J ^a   Athy, Jeremy R ^a   Irvin, Clinton R ^a   Sirmon Fjordbak, Bess ^b   Salvatore, Anthony ^b  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Digit span; Memory; Military; Neurocognitive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION NETWORK TASK; BACKWARD DIGIT SPAN TASK; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMBAT EXPOSURE SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MODIFIED DRINKING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; MOOD DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERFORMANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTSD CHECKLIST MILITARY VERSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84874476283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.53     Document Type: Article

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