DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment of PTSD and TBI

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable by on May 20, 2010 at 10:02 am {3 comments}
Senior Executive Director, Psychological Health. Courtesy DoD photo.

Lt. Col. Christopher Robinson, senior executive, Psychological Health Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury. Courtesy DoD photo.

We held a DODLive Bloggers Roundtable to discuss the signs, symptoms and treatment of psychological health concerns, such as PTSD, and traumatic brain injury, on Thursday, May 20 at 1:00 pm EDT.

Joining the call were Staff Sgt. Meg Krause, retired Cmdr. René A. Campos, and Lt. Col. Christopher Robinson, who will discuss the signs, symptoms and treatment of psychological health concerns, such as PTSD, and traumatic brain injury.

Staff Sgt. Meg Krause, U.S. Army Reserve, Real Warriors Campaign volunteer discussed her experience seeking care for PTSD after her deployment to Iraq and why the Real Warriors Campaign is an important part of breaking down the stigma associated with psychological health concerns.

Lt. Col. Christopher Robinson, senior executive for Psychological Health, Defense Centers of Excellence, is an Air Force clinical health psychologist who recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan where he served as the Combat Stress Detachment Commander for RC-East.

And, retired Cmdr. René A. Campos, deputy director, Health Care Issues, Government Relations, Military Officers Association of America discussed what officers can do to promote the processes of building resilience, facilitating recovery and supporting reintegration of returning servicemembers, veterans and their families.

To listen to the interview, click here.

To read the transcript from this interview, click here.

To read the Defense.gov article, click here.

Joining us on the call were Shelle Michaels, Soliders Angels.org; Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Mrs Leutenant.blogspot.com; CJ Grisham, Soldiers Perspective; Megan McCloskey, Stars and Stripes; Dale Kissinger, MilitaryAvenue.com; and Proud Liberal Army Wife.

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DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Treating Traumatic Brain Injury

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable by on March 12, 2010 at 1:21 pm {no comments}
Kathy Helmick, Interim Senior Executive Director, Traumatic Brain Injury / Director, TBI Clinical Standards of Care Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

Kathy Helmick, Interim Senior Executive Director, Traumatic Brain Injury / Director, TBI Clinical Standards of Care Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

On a recent DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable, we spoke with Kathy Helmick, Interim Senior Executive Director, Traumatic Brain Injury / Director, TBI Clinical Standards of Care Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Helmick discussed the new clinical practice guidelines for treatment of mild TBI (concussion) among servicemembers in-theater. Additionally, she discussed new research about exposure of cumulative blasts through collaboration with the NFL and the concussions sustained by servicemembers versus concussions sustained in athletics such as with football players.

To view her bio, click here.

To listen to the audio podcast, click here. 

To read the Defense.gov article, cllick here. 

To read transcript, click here.

Attending the roundtable were Chuck Simmins, the Military Observer; Taylor Kiland, examiner.com; and Carla Lois, Some Soldier’s Mom.

Know Your TBI

Filed under DoD News by on March 4, 2010 at 12:48 pm {one comment}

Every servicemember, veteran, and family member should have a general knowledge of the symptoms and signs of brain injury, which can often go undetected.

Brain Injury Awareness Month graphicHere we offer easy-to-recognize symptoms, general facts, and an explanation of three different types of traumatic brain injury (TBI) affecting our military family:

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Armed with Science: Blast-induced Brain Injury

Filed under Uncategorized by on February 2, 2010 at 5:47 pm {one comment}

army_mil-2007-06-28-113715On Armed with Science we interviewed Thomas Meitzler, PhD, scientist at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), and Joy Hirsch, PhD, professor at Columbia University and director of the Program for Imaging and Cognitive Sciences.

Meitzler and Hirsch discussed a collaborative study to determine what areas of the brain are susceptible to damage and measure the neural circuitry engagement for TBI patients. The key goals of this project are to develop a pre and post deployment functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging protocol that identifies a specific neural signature from blast induced TBI in soldiers and to provide vehicle intelligence. The results of neuroimaging will be used to guide and monitor therapy, and prevent compounding injury by multiple blast exposures.

LISTEN to the interview.

To view the full transcript, click here.

Traumatic brain injury most common injury, says VA official

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable, DoD News by on July 20, 2009 at 1:47 pm {no comments}

By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg

More than half of U.S. servicemembers seriously injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center here suffer from traumatic brain injury, according to Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center officials.

“The most common injury that we see is, of course, traumatic brain injury,” said Dr. Lucille Beck, chief consultant for rehabilitation services for the Veterans Affairs Department, in a July 16 “Dot Mil Docs” interview on Pentagon Web Radio. “We have statistics from the Army and the Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center, and they are reporting about 52 percent of patients who are exposed to blast injuries and are admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center have a brain injury.”

Read the article on DefenseLINK
Listen to the Web cast on DotMilDocs

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