Association between traumatic brain injury and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder in active-duty marines

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-157

  Yurgil, Kate A ^a,b   Barkauskas, Donald A ^c   Vasterling, Jennifer J ^d   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^a,b,e,f,g   Larson, Gerald E ^g   Schork, Nicholas J ^h   Litz, Brett T ^b,d,e,f   Nash, William P ⁱ   Baker, Dewleen G ^a,b,g  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Women's Health Sciences Division   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NAVY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893850310     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.3080     Document Type: Article

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