Associations between Traumatic Brain Injury, Suspected Psychiatric Conditions, and Unemployment in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 191-203

  Pogoda, Terri K ^a   Stolzmann, Kelly L ^a   Iverson, Katherine M ^a,b,c   Baker, Errol ^a   Krengel, Maxine ^b,c   Lew, Henry L ^d,e   Amara, Jomana H ^f   Meterko, Mark ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Employment; Neurobehavioral symptoms; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Substance use disorder; Traumatic brain injury; Unemployment; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916232292     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000092     Document Type: Article

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