Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (May 9, 2019). DOI:10.1037/prj0000361
Objective: A subset of military veterans who have experienced both traumatic brain injury and psychological trauma present with chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms and experience persistent obstacles to social reintegration. This project aimed to develop a novel treatment targeting the unmet social rehabilitation needs of these veterans.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
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To better concurrently address emotional and neuropsychological symptoms common in veterans with comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), we integrated components of compensatory cognitive training from the Cognitive Symptom Management and Rehabilitation Therapy (CogSMART) programme into cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD to create a hybrid treatment, SMART-CPT (CogSMART+CPT). This study compared the efficacy of standard CPT with SMART-CPT for treatment of veterans with comorbid PTSD and history of TBI reporting cognitive symptoms.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Psychological Services (Nov 1, 2018). DOI:10.1037/ser0000208
This study evaluated whether a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was associated with increased risk for recent suicidal ideation (SI) after accounting for demographics, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and sleep quality. In terms of increased risk, we hypothesized that a history of lifetime TBI would be associated with increased recent SI when compared with no history of TBI; multiple injuries were also evaluated. The sample included Iraq and Afghanistan war-era veterans (n = 838) who served in the United States military since 9/2001 and completed a structured TBI interview.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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