Open AccessExamining posttraumatic stress disorder as a key postinjury risk factor in OIF/OEF veterans with blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury.
Author(s) -
Seong-Hyeon Kim,
Narae Lee,
Bess Martin,
Joy Suh,
Darrell Walters,
Daniel Silverman,
Gholam R. Berenji
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1931-1559
pISSN - 0894-4105
DOI - 10.1037/neu0000678
Subject(s) - psychology , neuropsychology , clinical psychology , traumatic brain injury , distress , psychiatry , posttraumatic stress , cognition , risk factor , medicine
To explore the neuropsychological sequelae of blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), several neuropsychological tests and self-reported measures of cognitive and emotional functioning were administered to 138 Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans. We hypothesized that veterans affected by mTBI and PTSD would manifest differences in neuropsychological testing and self-report measures compared to a group of healthy veteran controls and to veterans with only PTSD.