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Posted by Robyn Mincher, DCoE Strategic Communications From www.dcoe.health.mil Sometimes we encounter frustrations in our daily routine—an important package delivered late or being struck in traffic come to mind. For Samuel Console, a retired Pennsylvania Army National Guard lieutenant, lateness was more …
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By Terri Moon Cronk, AFPS From www.defense.gov BETHESDA, Md. – An art therapist is using the power of creativity to help service members heal from traumatic brain injuries and psychological health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Melissa Walker designed the …
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By DCoE Strategic Communications As traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become one of the signature injuries of recent conflicts, it is imperative that health care providers, both in the military and civilian community who treat our wounded warriors and veterans, …
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Video from RTPO March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and Army Medicine is taking this time to increase awareness about it. Watch this video to see Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho’s message to the soldiers about how the Army is …
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Sgt. Danny Woodruff, AFN Vicenza Usually people seek treatment for injuries within twenty-four hours.  However, when people get a traumatic brain injury – or TBI – they don’t always know they have a TBI and it often goes untreated.  This …
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