Gulf War and health . Volume 7 Long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury / / Committee on Gulf War and Health: Brain Injury in Veterans and Long-term Health Outcomes, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956006903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2009
• ISBN: 9786612008108; 9781282008106; 1282008102; 9780309124096; 0309124093
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.7044
• Soggetti: Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Health aspects - United States; Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Veterans - Diseases - United States; Persian Gulf syndrome - United States; Brain - Wounds and injuries - United States; Veterans - Mental health - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 BIOLOGY OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY""; ""3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADULT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY""; ""4 CONSIDERATIONS IN IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING THE LITERATURE""; ""5 MAJOR COHORT STUDIES""; ""6 NEUROCOGNITIVE OUTCOMES""; ""7 NEUROLOGIC OUTCOMES""; ""8 PSYCHIATRIC OUTCOMES""; ""9 SOCIAL FUNCTIONING""; ""10 OTHER HEALTH OUTCOMES""; ""11 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""INDEX""
• Sommario/riassunto: The seventh in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans health, this volume evaluates traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its association with long-term health affects. That many returning ; veterans have TBI will likely mean long-term challenges for them and their family members. Further, many veterans will have undiagnosed brain injury because not all TBIs have immediately recognized effects or are easily diagnosed with neuroimaging techniques. In an effort to detail the long term consequences of TBI, the committee read and evaluated some 1,900 studies that made up its literature base, and it developed criteria for inclusion of studies to inform its findings. It is clear that brain injury, whether penetrating or closed, has serious consequences. The committee sought to detail those consequences as clearly as possible and to provide a scientific framework to assist veterans as they return home.