Perspectives of veterans with mild traumatic brain injury on community reintegration: Making sense of unplanned separation from service.
For veterans separated from the military as a result of acquired mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), the transition from a military identity to a civilian one is complicated by health, cognitive, and psychosocial factors. We conducted in-depth interviews with 8 veterans with mTBI to understand how t...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Vol. 87; no. 2; pp. 129 - 139 |
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American Psychological Association
2017
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