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PTSD/TBI Advancements By Army Public Affairs September 20, 2007 ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that develops in response to experiencing or witnessing a distressing event involving the threat of death or extreme bodily harm ...
Announced by the Army July 18, the PTSD and mild TBI program is mandatory for all active-duty and reserve-component Soldiers, from the highest to lowest levels in the chain of command.
The Department of Defense, the Veteran's Administration, and the National Institute of Mental Health recently pledged $100 million for further PTSD and TBI research and treatment, impacting over ...
Battling PTSD and TBI 1 minute read Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division changing watch shifts at dawn Aug. 30 in Mulakala, in Afghanistan’s Ghazi province. Army Photo / Spc. Alex Kirk Amen ...
Patients may have posttraumatic stress disorder following a mild traumatic brain injury and not postconcussion syndrome, according to recent study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry. Emmanuel ...
The symptoms of PTH generally arise within seven days of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is a significant injury to the head that often leads to a loss of consciousness.
Concussions from bomb blasts and post-traumatic stress disorder — the two signature wounds of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — can be difficult to distinguish from each other.
This is the first in a series of posts on the ethical issues associated with treating post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. These are the two so-called “signature wounds ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it will use two innovative treatments to help veterans living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).