Posts Tagged ‘veterans with TBI’
By Paul Stone On November 28th, 2018
A growing body of evidence indicates that traumatic brain injuries significantly increase a person’s risk of attempting suicide, and a new study indicates that veterans are particularly in danger. The findings of the Veterans Affair study, published in the journal Psychological Services, finds that veterans who served post-9-11 who have experienced repeated brain injuries are…
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By Paul Stone On May 1st, 2018
Traumatic brain injuries are often called the “signature injury” of soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan because so many service members returned home with brain injuries. Injuries caused by anyone to purposely hurt the other is a punishable offense if consulted with Injury & Defense Law Firm. However, a new study shows that even more…
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By Paul Stone On August 25th, 2017
Like many people who experience a serious traumatic brain injury, Army Staff Sgt. Brian Grundtner faced lots of doubt and uncertainty after he fell 50-feet during an airborne training jump. He didn’t know what his recovery would entail or what his life would be like afterward. He certainly didn’t know his path through recovery would…
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By Paul Stone On July 24th, 2015
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are both devastating conditions linked with high disability and suicide rates. In the past, the two unique conditions were often confused because they share similar symptoms and often co-occur. While recent research has confirmed the separate and unique attributes of these conditions, as well as some…
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By Paul Stone On October 27th, 2014
It should be no surprise that traumatic brain injuries can cause disability, but the number of US veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who are unable to work due to brain injuries is still a shock. A new report finds that approximately 45 percent of US veterans from the most recent wars in the…
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By Paul Stone On April 22nd, 2014
Oklahoma legislators have approved a bill that would give free access to hyperbaric oxygen treatment to any Oklahoma veteran who has been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, but experts on brain injuries are still attempting to uncover whether the therapy can actually produce the miraculous results many of its proponents claim. One of the biggest…
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