The purpose of this study was to identify factors that are predictive of, or associated with, postconcussion symptom reporting after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the U.S. military. Participants were 125?U.S.
One hundred twenty-five U.S. Military Service members who sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) underwent neurocognitive testing and completed brief psychological measures to identify factors associated with post concussion symptom reporting.
Objective: From 2001 to 2006, the Army deployed over 717,000 personnel to Iraq and Afghanistan, with over 15,000 troops wounded. Little is known about the impact of military and demographic factors, particularly deployment, occupation, and pre-existing medical status, on disability retirement.
Risk factors for disability retirement were assessed using 2,453 disability cases compared to controls. Potential risk factors included sex, deployment status, military occupation, disqualification at accession, body mass index, age, education and race/ethnicity.
Objective: Studies have shown a relationship between combat experiences and alcohol misuse in military personnel; it is not known if there are specific combat experiences that confer a greater risk.
One thousand one hundred twenty Soldiers who recently returned from Iraq completed surveys three to four month after homecoming to examine the association between specific types of combat experiences and alcohol misuse.
Cross sectional studies have addressed the incarceration of Vietnam veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but no studies have examined changes in incarceration as they age.
Administrative records of intake assessments of 31,707 Veterans seen in Veteran's Affair's (VA) postraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) programs were examined to discern patterns of incarceration over time (from 1993-2011). Rates of incarceration declined over time.
This prospective study examined: (a) the effects of Iraq War deployment versus non-deployment on pre- to postdeployment change in PTSD symptoms and (b) among deployed soldiers, associations of deployment/postdeployment stress exposures and baseline PTSD symptoms with PTSD symptom change.
The U.S. Army Active Duty and National Guard Soldiers who deployed to Iraq were compared before and after deployment to Service members who did not deploy via interview and surveys.