A methodology for assessing deployment trauma and its consequences in OEF/OIF/OND veterans: The TRACTS longitudinal prospective cohort study

• Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research Vol. 26; no. 3
• Main Authors: McGlinchey, Regina E., Milberg, William P., Fonda, Jennifer R., Fortier, Catherine Brawn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2017; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Afghan Campaign 2001; Aged; blast; Boston - epidemiology; Brain Injuries, Traumatic - complications; Brain Injuries, Traumatic - diagnosis; Brain Injuries, Traumatic - epidemiology; Cognitive ability; Cohort analysis; concussion; co‐morbidity; Drug abuse; Female; Health risk assessment; Humans; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mental disorders; Middle Aged; Neuroimaging; Original; Post traumatic stress disorder; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - complications; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Structure-function relationships; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury; United States - epidemiology; Veterans; Veterans - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; post-traumatic stress disorder; concussion; co-morbidity; blast; neuroimaging

Many US veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq have multiple physical and psychiatric problems. A major focus of research has been on determining the effects of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), but mTBI is rarely diagnosed in the absence of co‐occurring conditions such as blast exposure, post‐traumatic...