SPECIAL ISSUE Return to Baseline: Psychophysiological Treatment of Postconcussive Symptoms in Combat-Injured Soldiers With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Comorbid Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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The experience of providing self-regulating therapy to combat-injured infantry soldiers at Madigan Army Medical Center is rich in lessons and potential benefits. ‘‘Wounded Warriors’’ from Operation Iraqi Freedom/ Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) deployments with prolonged somatic symptoms of chronic traumatic headache, disordered sleep, cognitive and affective deficits, and autonomic hyperarousal are assessed in the Neurology Service. The Psychophysiology Clinic is an embedded biobehavioral treatment program within the Neurology Service and provides biofeedback-assisted therapies.
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Longitudinal effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder comorbidity on postdeployment outcomes in national guard soldiers deployed to Iraq.
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