Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning from Iraq

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Authors

Charles W. Hoge · Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Dennis McGurk · Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Jeffrey L. Thomas · Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Anthony L. Cox · United States Army Medical Research and Development Command

Charles C. Engel · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Carl A. Castro · Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Abstract

Mild traumatic brain injury (i.e., concussion) occurring among soldiers deployed in Iraq is strongly associated with PTSD and physical health problems 3 to 4 months after the soldiers return home. PTSD and depression are important mediators of the relationship between mild traumatic brain injury and physical health problems.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Traumatic Brain Injury Research Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 358, Issue 5, pp. 453-463

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa072972

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