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COMPASSGOAL: community re-integration study
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TBI of at least mild severity using criteria related to disturbance of consciousness (VHA TBI Comprehensive Evaluation screening tool) [67]
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Inability to provide informed consent and no proxy available
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Obtained informed consent
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Severe impairment of language or day-to-day memory that would preclude participation in a verbal-based therapy
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Males or females of working age, between the ages of 18 and 55
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Life expectancy of less than 36 months
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Medically stable with physician approval to participate
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Severe multiple trauma (judged by the attending physicians and/or investigators as too severe for participation in this study), such as severe burns, serious organ damage, amputations, or multiple fractures
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Ability to comprehend and communicate in English at a 6th-grade level
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History of substance abuse severe enough to cause neurologic damage, pre-morbid history of neurologic disease (e.g., stroke)
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Executive dysfunction as identified by the FrSBe [68] and/or other study assessments (see Table
3
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Prior history of known bipolar disorder or schizophrenia or severe psychiatric illness as confirmed by medical records and/or clinical judgment or M.I.N.I. assessment [69–72] if no clinical judgment is on record
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