Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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

      Affiliations

    • 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
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Rodney D. Vanderploeg, PhD, Psychology Service (116B), James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612
    • ,
  • Heather G. Belanger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • 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

      Affiliations

    • 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

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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.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.01.023

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