Intellectual Impairment Following Missile Wounds to the Brain: Initial Assessment

Abstract

This paper introduces the major research and clinical neuropsychological practice associated with the assessment of intellectual functioning following missile wounds to the brain. The incidence of such injuries, the major research studies over the past 50 years, some significant types of intellectual impairment and Savage's Cognitive Impairment Model for initial intellectual assessment of such cases are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA237011

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  • R. D. Savage

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  • Biomedical

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  • Abstracts
  • Brain
  • Brain Injuries
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Combat Injuries
  • Craniocerebral Trauma
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Head Injuries
  • Health Services
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Spinal Cord

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  • Psychology

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