Volume 40 · Number 11
NOVEMBER 2010

Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury in the Military Population

Psychiatr Ann. 2010 November;40(11):563-580

By E. Lanier Summerall, MD, MPH; Thomas W. McAllister, MD

Wars exact a substantial toll from those who fight them. Throughout recent history, clinicians have struggled to define the psychological and physical aspects of combat trauma.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

E. Lanier Summerall, MD, MPH, is Acting Chief, Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service, Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT; Department of Psychiatry (Section of Neuropsychiatry), Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH. Thomas W. McAllister, MD, is Millennium Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Vice Chairman for Neuroscience Research, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH.

Address correspondence to: E. Lanier Summerall, MD, MPH, Acting Director, Division of Mental Health, White River Junction VA Medical Center, 215 North Main St., White River Junction, VT 05009-0001; e-mail: [email protected].

Dr. Summerall and Dr. McAllister have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

 

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