• Garcia A, Reljic T, Pogoda TK, Kenney K, Agyemang A, Troyanskaya M, Belanger HG, Wilde EA, Walker WC, Nakase-Richardson R. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Is Associated with Cognitive Impairment after Controlling for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury History: A Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2020 Sep 1.
• Kornblith ES, Yaffe KC, Langa KM, Gardner RC. Prevalence of Lifetime History of Traumatic Brain Injury among Older Male Veterans Compared to Civilians: A Nationally Representative Study. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2020 Aug 6.
• Dismuke-Greer C, Hirsch S, Carlson K, Pogoda T, Nakase-Richardson R, Bhatnagar S, Eapen B, Troyanskaya M, Miles S, Nolen T, Walker WC. Health Services Utilization, Health Care Costs, and Diagnoses by Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Exposure: A Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 2020 Oct 1; 101(10):1720-1730.
• Kornblith ES, Langa KM, Yaffe K, Gardner RC. Physical and Functional Impairment Among Older Adults With a History of Traumatic Brain Injury. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation. 2020 Jul 1; 35(4):E320-E329.
• Bradley SE, Haun J, Powell-Cope G, Haire S, Belanger HG. Qualitative assessment of the use of a smart phone application to manage post-concussion symptoms in Veterans with traumatic brain injury. Brain injury. 2020 Jul 2; 34(8):1031-1038.

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  This study examined the associations between the receipt of guideline-recommended care for opioid therapy and risk of suicide-related events, assessing associations between individual-level and facility-level delivery of recommended care, and individual-level suicide-related events. Findings showed that within 180 days following opioid prescription, 1.6% of the study population on chronic short-ac...
  
  Date: July 1, 2015
• Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury Strongly Associated with Risk of Epilepsy among OEF/OIF Veterans
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• Traumatic Brain Injury during Most Recent Deployment Strongest Predictor of Post-Deployment PTSD
  Investigators in this study examined whether deployment-related TBI predicts PTSD symptom severity when accounting for combat intensity and pre-deployment characteristics. Findings showed that, at the pre-deployment assessment, 57% of service members reported prior TBI; at post-deployment assessment, 20% reported deployment-related TBI. Even when accounting for pre-deployment psychiatric symptoms,...
  
  Date: December 11, 2013
• Low Rates of VA Vocational Service Use among OEF/OIF Veterans with Mental Health Conditions
  This study assessed nationwide patterns of supported employment and vocational service use among OEF/OIF Veterans with the top four mental health conditions: PTSD, depression, substance use disorder, or traumatic brain injury (TBI). Findings showed that of the Veterans with mental health diagnoses included in this study, only 8% had a vocational services encounter during the study period, with 2% ...
  
  Date: August 1, 2013

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• Visit the VA's Polytrauma information website to find resources learn more about recent research advancements in care and rehabilitation for Veterans with polytrauma and TBI.
• Visit the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center website.
• Visit the VA's Office of Research & Development healthcare topic overview section to learn more about milestones in VA's TBI research, read research updates, and download research fact sheets.