DCoE Blog

• Cognitive Rehabilitation for Mild TBI

  Posted by Mikelle D. Smith, DCoE Public Affairs on July 7, 2016

  

  According to the Defense Medical Surveillance System, mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as concussion, accounts for more than 82 percent of TBI cases throughout the Defense Department worldwide.

  “Service members and veterans who have sustained a concussion may experience cognitive symptoms that keep them from normal activity,” said Linda M. Picon, the Department of Veterans Affairs liaison for TBI at the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE).

  “These symptoms may be related to a history of mild TBI and to deployment-related complaints such as chronic pain, headaches, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, substance use disorders and life stressors following return from deployment,” said Picon during a recent webinar hosted by DCoE.

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• Identifying, Preventing Sexual Abuse of Children

  Posted by Sidney R. Hinds III, DCoE Public Affairs on May 20, 2016

  

  Educating everyone who might potentially be involved in a sexual assault — whether as health care provider, victim, offender or bystander — can help prevent sexual assault against children, according to David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center.

  “These are complicated situations for people to report about, and for investigators to find out what's going on. Frequently, there's tremendous allegiance, even on the part of victims, to the offenders,” Finkelhor told participants in an April webinar hosted by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE). “What we really need is a fully integrated safety and health curriculum for young people that is developmentally informed.”

  Categories: DCoE Webinar Rewind, webinar, DCoE Products, DCoE, Psychological Health, Military Children   |   Comments (0)

• Webinar Rewind: Experts Explain New Clinical Guideline for Concussion Headaches

  Posted by Nina Corin, DCoE Public Affairs on May 13, 2016

  

  Experts from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) and the Department of Veterans Affairs provided an overview of a new clinical recommendation for headaches associated with concussion during a recent Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury webinar.

  Headache is the most common symptom of concussion. Other symptoms include sleep disturbances, dizziness, confusion, nausea or vomiting, blurred vision, sensitivity to light or sound, memory problems, and behavior and mood changes.

  Between 2000 and 2015, more than 344,000 service members experienced a traumatic brain injury. Approximately 82 percent of these injuries were classified as concussion. In a study of veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, 74 percent reported post-traumatic headaches within 30 days of a concussion.

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• TBI Experts Debate Causes of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

  Posted by Myron J. Goodman, DCoE Public Affairs on January 26, 2016

  With the public taking a close look at whether repeated sports injuries cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) hosted a webinar Jan. 14 on the topic.

  CTE is a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated head injuries. To date, it has mainly been studied by examining the brain tissue after death of a relatively small number of professional athletes who played contact sports.

  Two officials of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) — senior clinical consultant Dr. Donald Marion and program analyst Anne E. Bunner — staged a mock debate on whether sports injuries cause CTE.

  Categories: DCoE Webinar Rewind, Traumatic Brain Injury, Research, webinar, DCoE   |   Comments (0)

• 2015 Greatest Hits for Providers: Top Articles, Videos

  Posted by Carol Roos, DCoE Public Affairs on December 17, 2015

  Busy lives and information overload can make it challenging to read all of the interesting articles that you see in a given day. Or, you may not have the time to join a webinar on a topic that interests you. No worries, we’ve got you covered!

  We’ve compiled a cheat sheet of the most popular articles and webinar videos specifically for providers in 2015. Enjoy them while waiting for a flight or during your vacation downtime.

  Categories: Traumatic Brain Injury, webinar, DCoE Products, DCoE, Providers, Psychological Health   |   Comments (0)