Risk-taking behaviors and impulsivity among veterans with and without PTSD and Mild TBI

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 357-363

  James, Lisa M ^a,b   Strom, Thad Q ^a,b   Leskela, Jennie ^a,b  

^a Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK-TAKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919966780     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00241     Document Type: Article

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