Veterans and Traumatic Brain Injury
Important Websites
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center [DVBIC]
The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.
This site is a storehouse of facility and key staff information within 1280 VA facilities, maintained on a regular basis by editors and administrators nationwide throughout the VA network.
US Dept. of Defense Military Health System
TriCare
Electronic Pamphlets and Articles
TBI and PolyTrauma Special Issue [Journal of Rehabilitation, Research and Development]
Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) [pdf document]
TBI in the US: A Call for Public/Private Cooperation [pdf document]
Videos
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury [29 minutes]
News Items
- Hormone deficiency mimics post-concussion, ptsd and depression (4.22.13)
- In combat vets and others, high rate of vision problems after TBI (2.5.13)
- Army launches campaign to dispel myths about vets with PTSD and TBI (11.20.12)
- Hope for Our American Military Dealing With Traumatic Brain Injury (10.24.12)
- U.S. Army Develops Protection against Head Injuries, TBI in Soldiers (10.19.12)
- UAB program to train caregivers of military service members with TBI (10.15.12)
- Return to Combat Duty after Concussive Blast Injury (10.15.12)
- Army researchers buy eye-tracking system to diagnose traumatic brain injuries in deployed warfighters (9.13.12)
- Study Shows Veterans May Be at Risk for Aging at Accelerated Rate (9.7.12)
- Military Leads in Treating Traumatic Brain Injury, Expert Says (9.3.12)
- Gauges worn by troops offer clues on impact from blasts (9.3.12)
- Study: Troops suffer concussions during combat training (8.28.12)
- 212,000 U.S. Veterans Have Traumatic Brain Injuries (8.24.12)
- The brain injection that could help save lives of soldiers in battle and other victims of serious head injury (8.24.12)
- Military researchers gain better understanding of TBI and long-term effects (8.17.12)
- Army working on blood test to detect TBI (8.16.12)
- Machine helps veterans recover from brain injuries (8.14.12)
- Army Refines Medical Management of Concussion (4.27.12)
- Army Research Drives Brain Injury Science (4.27.12)
- Pentagon is asked to account for brain injuries before 2010 (4.17.12)
- Better tests find record concussions among U.S. troops (4.12.12)
- New Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Center in Afghanistan (4.12.12)
- What Happens to Healthcare When Troops Come Home? (4.6.12)
- Army focuses on traumatic brain injuries (4.6.12)
- Soldiers recovering from traumatic brain injury test combat skills (3.22.12)
- New Technologies in the Works to Detect Brain Injuries (3.22.12)
- DOD, VA partnership key in treating brain trauma (3.22.12)
- TBI sufferers invited to share their stories online to help others (3.22.12)
- New Army Hospital's TBI Treatment Unit Now in Operation (3.22.12)
- One Soldier's Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury (3.22.12)
- GAO: Pentagon’s mental health, TBI programs not tracked properly (3.22.12)
- Soldiers with TBI to practice combat skills in simulated environment (3.6.12)
- Eyes could provide windows to traumatic brain injury (3.5.12)
- Soldiers, professional athletes share threat from brain injuries (2.1.12)
- Insights into rates and impact of mTBI among military personnel in Iraq/Afghanistan (1.23.12)
- Military Still Struggling to Treat Troops With Brain Injuries (1.18.12)
- As service members' return from Iraq, U.S. should focus on traumatic brain injuries (1.12.12)
- Testing program fails soldiers, leaving brain injuries undetected (12.29.11)
- New database tracks Marine head injuries (12.22.11)
- Blood test shows promise in diagnosing TBI (12.22.11)
- Writing may help troops with TBI (12.19.11)
- Research shows Rx with hyperbaric oxygen improved TBI and PTSD in vets (12.1.11)
- Better Coordination of Psychological Health, Traumatic Brain Injury Programs for Military Needed (11.29.11)
- Battlefield Acupuncture Eases Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (11.14.11)
- Better Coordination of Psychological Health, Traumatic Brain Injury Programs for Military Needed (11.10.11)
- Military steps up effort to detect brain injuries (11.2.11)
- More troops' mild brain trauma diagnosed (11.2.11)
- Invisible injuries of war to be felt for decades (11.2.11)
- Sleep disorders plague vets with head trauma (11.2.11)
- Looking for a Link Between Seizures and Migraine In Soldiers with TBI (11.2.11)
- National Veterans Foundation Launches WhatIsTBI.org (8.29.11)
- Pentagon center for brain injuries failing vets: GAO (8.29.11)
- Army rethinks treatment for brain injuries (7.25.11)
- UVa researchers eye technology to improve diagnosis of troop brain injuries (6.27.11)
- Study of troops with traumatic brain injury hints at specific sites of damage (6.27.11)
- Army uses SPECT scans for head injuries (5.25.11)
- Returning To The Battlefield, With A Brain Injury (5.25.11)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Rehab Bill Offers Warriors New Hope (5.25.11)
- House Passes Sessions' Traumatic Brain Injury Amendment (5.25.11)
- Did Navy's Brain Injury Subjects Receive Substandard Care? (5.11.11)
- IED shock waves found to cause concussions (5.11.11)
- VA Research Develops Brain Scan To Detect TBI (5.11.11)
- Returning To The Battlefield, With A Brain Injury (5.11.11)
- Defense passes on Web-only traumatic brain injury tests (4.7.11)
- Did Navy's Brain Injury Subjects Receive Substandard Care? (4.7.11)
- U.S. Military To Address Brain Injuries (3.28.11)
- New guidelines for awarding Purple Hearts to soldiers with brain injuries (3.28.11)
- Brain injuries: Recovery is possible (3.28.11)
- VA rolls out 'smart home' project to rehabilitate brain injury patients (1.18.11)
- DVBIC Launches New PSAs on Traumatic Brain Injury (12.16.10)
- Combat-Related Blast-Induced Neurotrauma: A Public Health Problem? (12.16.10)
- Face Shield May Prevent Military Brain Injuries (12.16.10)
- Traumatic Brain Injuries a Growing Concern for Soldiers (11.10.10)
- Brain injuries taxing military (10.26.10)
- Military better at treating brain injuries (10.06.10)
- Researchers: Navy SEALS' new brain injury test has high false-positive rate (9.22.10)
- Traumatic brain injury bill offers warriors new hope (9.21.10)
- Brain wars: How the military is failing its wounded - an ongoing investigation into soldiers' traumatic brain injuries (9.17.10)
- Army studies concussions' effects on bomb techs (9.16.10)
