Heather G Belanger

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Factors moderating neuropsychological outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis
    Heather G Belanger
    James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:215-27. 2005
  2. ncbi Assessing motor and cognitive regulation in AD, MCI, and controls using the Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    Arch Clin Neuropsychol 20:183-9. 2005
  3. ncbi Utility of mechanism-of-injury-based assessment and treatment: Blast Injury Program case illustration
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Veterans Affairs VA, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 42:403-12. 2005
  4. ncbi The neuropsychological impact of sports-related concussion: a meta-analysis
    Heather G Belanger
    James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 117, 13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:345-57. 2005
  5. ncbi Initial developmental process of a VA semistructured clinical interview for TBI identification
    Rodney D Vanderploeg
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 49:545-56. 2012
  6. ncbi Awareness problems following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: Prevalence, assessment methods, and injury correlates
    Rodney D Vanderploeg
    Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, 13000 N Bruce B Downs Blvd, 116B, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 44:937-50. 2007
  7. ncbi Characterizing wandering behaviors in persons with traumatic brain injury residing in veterans health administration nursing homes
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Science, James A Haley Veterans Administration Medical Center, Tampa, FL, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:244-50. 2008
  8. ncbi Health outcomes associated with military deployment: mild traumatic brain injury, blast, trauma, and combat associations in the Florida National Guard
    Rodney D Vanderploeg
    Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Psychology Service, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:1887-95. 2012
  9. ncbi Symptom complaints following reports of blast versus non-blast mild TBI: does mechanism of injury matter?
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley VA, Tampa, FL, USA
    Clin Neuropsychol 25:702-15. 2011
  10. ncbi Symptom complaints following combat-related traumatic brain injury: relationship to traumatic brain injury severity and posttraumatic stress disorder
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley VA, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 16:194-9. 2010

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Publications21

  1. ncbi Factors moderating neuropsychological outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis
    Heather G Belanger
    James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:215-27. 2005
    ..74 and .78, respectively at 3 months or greater). Indeed, litigation was associated with stable or worsening of cognitive functioning over time. The implications and limitations of these findings are discussed...
  2. ncbi Assessing motor and cognitive regulation in AD, MCI, and controls using the Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    Arch Clin Neuropsychol 20:183-9. 2005
    ..Performance on the BDS was an independent predictor of ADLs in patient groups after controlling for the effects of performance on a memory measure...
  3. ncbi Utility of mechanism-of-injury-based assessment and treatment: Blast Injury Program case illustration
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Veterans Affairs VA, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 42:403-12. 2005
    ..Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Case examples illustrate the utility of this approach with regard to more comprehensive assessment and treatment, as well as the possibility for secondary prevention...
  4. ncbi The neuropsychological impact of sports-related concussion: a meta-analysis
    Heather G Belanger
    James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 117, 13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:345-57. 2005
    ..Specifically, delayed memory in studies utilizing a control group remained problematic at 7 days. The implications and limitations of these findings are discussed...
  5. ncbi Initial developmental process of a VA semistructured clinical interview for TBI identification
    Rodney D Vanderploeg
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 49:545-56. 2012
    ..This article describes the six-step developmental methodology and presents the resulting semistructured interview and accompanying manual...
  6. ncbi Awareness problems following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: Prevalence, assessment methods, and injury correlates
    Rodney D Vanderploeg
    Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, 13000 N Bruce B Downs Blvd, 116B, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 44:937-50. 2007
    ..Correlations revealed that as time postinjury increased, patients showed more accurate self-awareness than those whose injuries were more recent. Family members and patients agreed about preinjury functioning...
  7. ncbi Characterizing wandering behaviors in persons with traumatic brain injury residing in veterans health administration nursing homes
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Science, James A Haley Veterans Administration Medical Center, Tampa, FL, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:244-50. 2008
    ..To examine the prevalence and correlates of wandering in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in nursing homes (NHs)...
  8. ncbi Health outcomes associated with military deployment: mild traumatic brain injury, blast, trauma, and combat associations in the Florida National Guard
    Rodney D Vanderploeg
    Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Psychology Service, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:1887-95. 2012
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  9. ncbi Symptom complaints following reports of blast versus non-blast mild TBI: does mechanism of injury matter?
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley VA, Tampa, FL, USA
    Clin Neuropsychol 25:702-15. 2011
    ..Findings suggest that greater symptom reporting is most strongly related to emotional distress...
  10. ncbi Symptom complaints following combat-related traumatic brain injury: relationship to traumatic brain injury severity and posttraumatic stress disorder
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley VA, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 16:194-9. 2010
    ..4) than the moderate-to-severe group (adjusted mean = 21.8). These findings suggest that much of the symptom complaints in mildly injured patients may be due to emotional distress...
  11. ncbi Mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder and their associations with health symptoms
    Rodney D Vanderploeg
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences and Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, James A Haley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 90:1084-93. 2009
    ..To determine the association of various symptoms and psychiatric diagnoses with a remote history of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and a current diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
  12. ncbi Long-term neuropsychological outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury
    Rodney D Vanderploeg
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley VAMC, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:228-36. 2005
    ..These results show that MTBI can have adverse long-term neuropsychological outcomes on subtle aspects of complex attention and working memory...
  13. ncbi Neuropsychological performance following a history of multiple self-reported concussions: a meta-analysis
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley VA, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 16:262-7. 2010
    ..06). However, follow-up analyses revealed that multiple self-reported MTBI was associated with poorer performance on measures of delayed memory and executive functioning. The implications and limitations of these findings are discussed...
  14. ncbi Cognitive sequelae of blast-related versus other mechanisms of brain trauma
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:1-8. 2009
    ..Additional findings included a marginally increased incidence of reported posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among blast-injured participants. (JINS, 2009, 15, 1-8.)...
  15. ncbi Validity of the Veterans Health Administration's traumatic brain injury screen
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, James A Haley VA, Tampa, FL, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:1234-9. 2012
    ..To compare the results of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) initial traumatic brain injury (TBI) Clinical Reminder Screen with the more extensive second-level Comprehensive TBI Evaluation in a national sample...
  16. ncbi The Key Behaviors Change Inventory and executive functioning in an elderly clinic sample
    Heather G Belanger
    James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL, USA
    Clin Neuropsychol 16:251-7. 2002
    ..Results provide convergent and discriminant validity support for the KBCI. The KBCI may be a useful tool for assessing and tracking the executive, behavioral, and emotional sequelae of neurologic disorders...
  17. ncbi Executive control and learning pattern on the CVLT
    Brian K Lebowitz
    James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 28:1208-17. 2006
    ..Taken together, the results of the study suggest that an early drop, followed by a recovery in learning trial performance, is associated with executive dyscontrol...
  18. ncbi Mechanism-of-injury approach to evaluating patients with blast-related polytrauma
    Steven G Scott
    US Department of Veterans Affairs, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612-4745, USA
    J Am Osteopath Assoc 106:265-70. 2006
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  19. ncbi Recent neuroimaging techniques in mild traumatic brain injury
    Heather G Belanger
    James A Haley Veterans Hospital, 13000 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 19:5-20. 2007
    ..Particular promise is evident with fMRI, PET, and SPECT scanning, as demonstrated by associations between brain activation and clinical outcomes...
  20. ncbi The Veterans Health Administration's (VHA's) Polytrauma System of Care for mild traumatic brain injury: costs, benefits, and controversies
    Heather G Belanger
    Department of Psychology, James A Haley VeteransHospital, 13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd, 117, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    J Head Trauma Rehabil 24:4-13. 2009
    ..Complicating factors such as increased media attention and other contextual factors are discussed...
  21. ncbi Patient dignity in persons with spinal cord injury
    Heather G Belanger
    Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, University of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa, Florida, USA
    SCI Nurs 20:25-9. 2003
    ..The purpose of this article is, therefore, to critically review the relevant literature on patient dignity with an aim toward eventual development and validation of a Dignity Assessment Tool...