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Volume 90, Issue 7 , Pages 1084-1093 , July 2009

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Their Associations With Health Symptoms

Rodney D. Vanderploeg, PhD
- Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa, FL
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Reprint requests to Rodney D. Vanderploeg, PhD, Psychology Service (116B), James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612
Heather G. Belanger, PhD
- Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa, FL
- Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Glenn Curtiss, PhD
- Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa, FL
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

The lack of moderator effects of PTSD and MTBI on PCS symptoms and for the DSM-IV symptom clusters for PCS.

The lack of moderator effects of PTSD and MTBI on PCS symptoms and for the DSM-IV symptom clusters for PCS.
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No mediation effect of MTBI on the relationship between PTSD and the full DSM symptom criteria for PCS. NOTE: Primary pathways are correlation coefficients. The value in parentheses represents the rel

No mediation effect of MTBI on the relationship between PTSD and the full DSM symptom criteria for PCS. NOTE: Primary pathways are correlation coefficients. The value in parentheses represents the relationship between PTSD and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition symptom criteria for PCS with MTBI as a mediator. The Sobel z value (1.22) was not significant, P>.05.
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Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration; the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center; and James A. Haley Veterans Hospital where the study was completed. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00268-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.01.023

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