Open AccessSubtle Neurologic Compromise as a Vulnerability Factor for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Author(s) -
Tamara V. Gurvits,
Linda J. Metzger,
Natasha B. Lasko,
Paul A. Cannistraro,
Alexandra S. Tarhan,
Mark W. Gilbertson,
Scott P. Orr,
Anna M. Charbonneau,
Michelle M. Wedig,
Roger K. Pitman
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.63.5.571
Subject(s) - psychiatry , anxiety , posttraumatic stress , veterans affairs , anxiety disorder , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine
Previous studies have demonstrated subtle neurologic dysfunction in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) manifest as increased neurologic soft signs (NSSs). The origin of this dysfunction is undetermined.
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