Neuropsychological outcomes in OEF/OIF veterans with self-report of blast exposure: associations with mental health, but not MTBI.

摘要: OBJECTIVE: To examine neuropsychological outcomes in veterans of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) with self-reported histories blast exposure determine the contribution deployment-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) depression to performance. The effect number exposures distance from was also assessed. METHOD: OEF/OIF who reported underwent structured interviews were assigned no-TBI (n = 39), mTBI without loss consciousness (LOC; n 53), or LOC 35) groups. They administered tests executive function, memory, motor function at least 6 months after index event. RESULTS: Neuropsychological did not differ as a group. Blast load affect Both PTSD symptoms significantly associated outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: A history during deployment does contribute objective cognitive impairment chronic phase post injury. In contrast, are performance decrements. This finding is thought reflect part impact psychiatric distress on (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved). Language: en