A forensic neuropsychiatric approach to traumatic brain injury, aggression, and suicide

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-286

  Wortzel, Hal S ^a   Arciniegas, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SUICIDE; VETERAN; VIOLENCE; BRAIN INJURIES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; SUICIDE; VETERANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84879174392     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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