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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Update: Forensic Neuropsychiatric Implications

Hal S. Wortzel and Robert P. Granacher
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2015, 43 (4) 499-505;
Hal S. Wortzel
Dr. Wortzel is Director of Neuropsychiatric Consultation Services for the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Denver Veterans Medical Center, Denver CO, and the Michael K. Cooper Professor of Neurocognitive Disease, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO. Dr. Granacher is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY. Support for this work was provided in part by the Veterans Health Administration's VISN-19 MIRECC (to H.S.W.). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Dr. Wortzel is Director of Neuropsychiatric Consultation Services for the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Denver Veterans Medical Center, Denver CO, and the Michael K. Cooper Professor of Neurocognitive Disease, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO. Dr. Granacher is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY. Support for this work was provided in part by the Veterans Health Administration's VISN-19 MIRECC (to H.S.W.). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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vol. 43 no. 4 499-505
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26668228

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
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  • Published online December 14, 2015.

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  1. Hal S. Wortzel, MD and
  2. Robert P. Granacher Jr, MD, MBA
  1. Dr. Wortzel is Director of Neuropsychiatric Consultation Services for the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Denver Veterans Medical Center, Denver CO, and the Michael K. Cooper Professor of Neurocognitive Disease, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO. Dr. Granacher is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY. Support for this work was provided in part by the Veterans Health Administration's VISN-19 MIRECC (to H.S.W.). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  1. Address correspondence to: Hal S. Wortzel, MD, Rocky Mountain MIRECC, Denver Veterans Hospital, 1055 Clermont Street, Denver, CO 80220. E-mail: hal.wortzel{at}ucdenver.edu.

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