ArticleThe American journal of psychiatry2015
Prospective longitudinal evaluation of the effect of deployment-acquired traumatic brain injury on posttraumatic stress and related disorders: results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).
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- Neuroimaging Correlates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of neurotrauma · 2023Pooled it
- Altered lateralization of the cingulum in deployment-related traumatic brain injury: An ENIGMA military-relevant brain injury study.Human brain mapping · 2023Pooled it
- Association of Concussion With the Risk of Suicide: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA neurology · 2019Pooled it
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- Combat injury, pain, and mental health outcomes in US Army service members.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Prediction of Clinically Significant Improvements During the Interdisciplinary Intensive Outpatient Program for Traumatic Brain Injury Using Machine Learning.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Recent advances in theranostic nanomaterials for overcoming traumatic brain injury.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Review
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- Peritraumatic Context and Long-Term Outcomes of Concussion.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- TBI history and psychological symptom improvements following exercise therapies among U.S. service members.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Advances and Challenges in Traumatic Brain Injury from a Forensic Perspective.Current neuropharmacology · 2025Review
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- Combat Deployed Service Members by Blast TBI and Service Separation Status 5-years Post-deployment: Comparison of Cognitive, Neurobehavioral, and Psychological Profiles of Those Who Left vs. Those Still Serving.Military medicine · 2024Observational
- Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation for warfighters with post-traumatic stress.NeuroRehabilitation · 2024Review
- Blast-related mild TBI: LIMBIC-CENC focused review with implications commentary.NeuroRehabilitation · 2024Review
- Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Prediction Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Military Deployment.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Voluntary Exercise to Reduce Anxiety Behaviour in Traumatic Brain Injury Shown to Alleviate Inflammatory Brain Response in Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Polygenic risk for mental disorders as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder after mild traumatic brain injury.Translational psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for deleterious mental health and functional outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the strength and specificity of the association between deployment-acquired TBI and subsequent posttraumatic stress and related disorders among U.S. Army personnel.
methodA prospective, longitudinal survey of soldiers in three Brigade Combat Teams was conducted 1-2 months prior to an average 10-month deployment to Afghanistan (T0), upon redeployment to the United States (T1), approximately 3 months later (T2), and approximately 9 months later (T3). Outcomes of interest were 30-day prevalence postdeployment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive episode, generalized anxiety disorder, and suicidality, as well as presence and severity of postdeployment PTSD symptoms.
resultsComplete information was available for 4,645 soldiers. Approximately one in five soldiers reported exposure to mild (18.0%) or more-than-mild (1.2%) TBI(s) during the index deployment. Even after adjusting for other risk factors (e.g., predeployment mental health status, severity of deployment stress, prior TBI history), deployment-acquired TBI was associated with elevated adjusted odds of PTSD and generalized anxiety disorder at T2 and T3 and of major depressive episode at T2. Suicidality risk at T2 appeared similarly elevated, but this association did not reach statistical significance.
conclusionsThe findings highlight the importance of surveillance efforts to identify soldiers who have sustained TBIs and are therefore at risk for an array of postdeployment adverse mental health outcomes, including but not limited to PTSD. The mechanism(s) accounting for these associations need to be elucidated to inform development of effective preventive and early intervention programs.
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