More than expected? Assessing departures from additivity in health care utilization after mild traumatic brain injury in military personnel with pre-existing mental health conditions.

Objective: Prior research indicates that there is an additive association between traumatic brain injury and mental health diagnoses on health-care utilization. This assumed additivity has not been formally assessed. The objective of this study was to estimate additive and multiplicative interactions associated with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and pre-existing health conditions.

Return to combat duty after concussive blast injury.

Little data exist regarding the acute assessment of blast concussion and the course of recovery in the combat zone, as most research has examined service members long after they have returned home. This manuscript examined a case series of 377 service members seen for acute concussion evaluation following medical evacuation from the battlefield in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Of these, 111 were assessed for concussion prior to their return to the continental USA for other severe physical injuries.

Personality traits in clinically referred aviators: two clusters related to occupational suitability.

Background: The Five Factor Model (FFM) of normal personality provides a compelling framework for investigating personality subtypes in large military populations. The FFM was used to determine whether a sample of clinically referred military aviators exhibited commonly occurring personality clusters.

Methods: The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) was used to evaluate 956 clinically referred U.

Review of the first year of an overseas military gambling treatment program.

This study provides descriptive information and preliminary first-year outcome data on the only overseas military gambling treatment option currently available. Implemented in January 2003 within the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program, U.S.

Legal and psychological implications in the assessment of sexual consent in the cognitively impaired population.

The question of competency to consent to sexual activity in the cognitively impaired population continues to be a difficult assessment issue. Problems center on inconsistent legal and clinical criteria, current inadequate methods of psychological assessment, and the need to promote basic human rights, while protecting people from harm. The purpose of this study was twofold.