Dawn M Schiehser Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Neuropsychology, Sleep Disorders
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA
Dr. Schiehser received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Neuropsychology from Drexel University. She completed a pre-doctoral Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology specialization) internship at Tulane University School of Medicine and a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCSD. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD, a faculty member in the SDSU/UCSD.
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Author(s): Henry J Orff, Amy J Jak, Amber M Gregory, Candice C Col�n, Dawn M Schiehser, Sean PA Drummond, James B Lohr, Elizabeth W Twamley
Sleep Disturbance, Psychiatric, and Cognitive Functioning in Veterans with Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
Objective: For many Veterans, traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result in persistent post-concussive symptoms, of which sleep disturbances are among the most common. S disturbances have been shown to increase risk and/or exacerbate psychiatric and physical health problems in many different populations. However, few studies have examined the relationships among sleep, psychiatric, and cognitive functioning in Veterans with TBI.
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