Treating Soldiers with Brain Injuries
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-06-24/treating-soldiers-brain-injuries
U.S. Soldiers who are wounded, ill or injured attend a Warrior Transition Brigade event at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2010. During the event, NASA astronaut and retired Army Col. Patrick G. Forrester presented the Warrior Transition Brigade flag that was flown over the International Space Station to the Soldiers for their military service.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Molly A. Burgess for The U.S. Army via Flickr
The military takes steps to improve care for soldiers with traumatic brain injuries, PTSD, and other complex psychological problems: The challenges of treating mental wounds among those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Guests
Dr. Gregory O'Shanick
National Medical Director, Brain Injury Association of America, who specializes in neuro-rehabilitation and neuro-psychiatry and Chair-elect of the BIAA Board of Directors.
Daniel Zwerdling
Correspondent with NPR’s Investigative Unit who’s been reporting on TBI in a series co-reported with T. Christian Miller, of Propublica
Dr. S. Ward Casscells
John E. Tyson Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Public Health, and Vice President for External Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He is the former Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs).
Dr. Jonathan Sills
a staff psychologist in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System
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I was licening to 1 of your callers about the vets from ww2 and Korea not suffering from ppsd as often as todays militery. Not so true my father worked at a state run Mental Hospital in Illinois when I was groing up.
The words were full of Vets suffering from sever ppsd. And bacause noone talked about it like we do today. The state of Illinois desided that they were all curred and removed them from the mental health system to cut cost. Not making this up check the facts if you like. Jacksonville Ill Mental health still has what is refered to as the old vets biulding.
Even as resantly as the Busch jr. administration there has been presure put on the VA not to diegnose PPSD to save money. And most vets still don't want to talk about war they want to get on with there lives
I heard this show a few days ago and I thought I should leave a comment here. I am the fonder of a 501 c 3 charitable, patient advocacy organization: P.A.N.D.O.R.A. - Patient Alliance for Neuroendocrineimmune Disorders Organization for Research & Advocacy, Inc.. Among the neuroendocrineimmune illnesses we embrace we include Gulf War Illnesses. The other illnesses are chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Environmental Illness or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and chronic Lyme disease. The overlapping of these illnesses with Gulf War Illnesses is remarkable.
The issues of neuro-cognitive impairment can be for many of these individuals so severe lowering the quality of life for them and their families. They can also be life-threatening. I know I speak by experience.
We are in the process of establishing the NeuroEndocrineImmune (NEI) Center in New Jersey - www.neicenter.com
We feel that the discoveries and advances made in any one of the neuroendocrineimmune illnesses will be applicable and beneficial to other neuroendocrineimmune illnesses, thereby bringing us closer to a cure. Thank you for being the forum for a great debate on these important issues. Our soldiers deserve great medical care and access to social community services for their families too. The military needs to address these issues vigorously and with great precision.
Marly Silverma, Founder, P.A.N.D.O.R.A. - www.pandoranet.info
Co-Founder, www.neicenter.com
In late March I attended a workshop in Colorado on Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE). Though I’ve had limited personal contact with soldiers, I met several veterans and helping professionals serving veterans in the training and came away with an new appreciation for long lasting trauma and the human spirit. Dr. David Berceli and others have been working with soldiers and victims of other traumatic events in the many countries to teach this method. Worth looking into. http://traumaprevention.com. Fascintating background and results.
That EFT mentioned in an earlier blog is also worthwhile.