RT Book, Section
A1 Hoge, Charles W.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Josephson, S. Andrew
SR Print(0)
ID 1147191818
T1 NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES IN WAR VETERANS
T2 Harrison's Neurology in Clinical Medicine, 4e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835865
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147191818
RD 2024/09/20
AB Neuropsychiatric  sequelae  are  common  in  combat  veterans.  Advances  in  personal  protective  body  armor,  armored  vehicles,  battlefield  resuscitation,  and  the  speed  of  evacuation  to  tertiary  care  have  considerably  improved  the  survivability  of  battlefield  injuries,  resulting  in  a  greater  awareness  of  the  “silent  wounds”  associated  with  service  in  a  combat  zone.  Although  psychiatric  and  neurologic  problems  have  been  well  documented  in  veterans  of  prior  wars,  the  conflicts  in  Iraq  and  Afghanistan  that  began  after  September  11,  2001,  were  unique  in  terms  of  the  level  of  commitment  by  the  U.S.  Department  of  Defense  (DoD)  and  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs  (VA),  Veterans  Health  Administration  (VHA)  to  support  research  as  the  wars  unfolded  and  to  use  that  knowledge  to  guide  population-level  screening,  evaluation,  and  treatment  initiatives.