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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury
POSITION STATEMENT
Approved by the Board of Trustees, May 2010
Approved by the Assembly, November 2009
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This position statement was developed by the Council on Research and Quality Care and revised by the Joint Reference Committee.
As the nation cares for those returning from war as well as those who are victims of violence in our own country, the importance of sustaining research and education to better care for those with both psychiatric and neurologic injury such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury is prominent.
The APA strongly encourages the support and development of neuropsychiatry research, education and training for care to meet the needs of those with combined psychiatric and neurologic disorders particularly Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury.