PTSD and TBI

AboutFace, National Center for PTSD – an online video gallery dedicated to Veterans talking about living with PTSD and how treatment turned their lives around. Meet men and women who speak candidly about PTSD symptoms, stigma, and the effects of PTSD on family and friends. AboutFace is for people who think they might have PTSD and want to explore what treatment is like.  It’s also for family members who don't know what to do as they watch their loved ones struggle to recover from trauma, White River Junction, VT.

America's Heroes at Work – a U.S. Department of Labor project that addresses the employment challenges of returning service members and veterans living with TBI and PTSD, Washington, DC.

BrainLine.org – a national multimedia project offering information and resources about preventing, treating, and living with TBI. BrainLine includes a series of webcasts, an electronic newsletter, and an extensive outreach campaign in partnership with national organizations concerned about traumatic brain injury. BrainLine serves anyone whose life has been affected by TBI. That includes people with brain injury, their families, professionals in the field, and anyone else in a position to help prevent or ameliorate the toll of TBI. Through BrainLine, we seek to provide a sense of community, a place where people who care about TBI can go 24 hours a day for information, support, and ideas, Arlington, VA.

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress – 1) develops and carries out research programs to extend our knowledge of the medical and psychiatric consequences of war, deployment, trauma, disaster and terrorism, including weapons of mass destruction; 2) educates and trains health care providers, leaders, individuals and public and private agencies on how to prevent, mitigate and respond to the negative consequences of war, deployment, traumatic events, disasters and terrorism; 3) consults with private and government agencies on medical care of trauma victims, their families and communities, and their recovery following traumatic events, disasters and terrorism; 4) maintains an archive on medical literature related to the health consequences of traumatic events, disasters and terrorism of individuals, families, organizations and communities; and 5) provides opportunities for post-doctoral training of medical scientists to respond to and research the health consequences of trauma, disaster and terrorism, Bethesda, MD. Family Violence and Trauma Project, Joining Forces series and Courage to Care series.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Concussion and Mild TBI

How Many People Have TBI?

Leading Causes of TBI

Potential Long-term Outcomes of TBI

Reports & Fact Sheets

Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (English and Español) – assesses, serves active duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs. DVBIC fulfills this mission through ongoing collaboration with military VA and civilian health partners, local communities, families and individuals with TBI, Washington, DC. 24 / 7 Support.

Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury – assesses, validates, oversees and facilitates prevention, resilience, identification, treatment, outreach, rehabilitation, and reintegration programs for psychological health and traumatic brain injury to ensure the U.S. Department of Defense meets the needs of the nation's military communities, warriors and families, Rosslyn, VA.

Annual Reports (2009 and 2010)

Blog

Facebook page

Past Conferences (download presentations and other materials and watch videos)

Resources for TBI

Gift From Within – an international nonprofit organization dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals.  Educational materials include videotapes, art & poetry gallery, books and articles for both clinicians and those experiencing PTSD, Camden, ME.

Heads Up – Brain Injury Awareness and Heads Up – Concussion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – offers information to health care professionals, school professionals, sports coaches, parents, athletes, and others, Atlanta, GA.

Increasing Effectiveness of PTSD Treatments, National Center for PTSD – this online course addresses how to increase the effectiveness of evidence-based treatments for PTSD, particularly in difficult cases and situations. The author presents how to decide who is appropriate for evidence-based treatment using assessment. She discusses common barriers to effective delivery of PTSD treatment and provides solutions to overcome these barriers.

National Center for PTSD – created within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in 1989, in response to a Congressional mandate to address the needs of veterans with military-related PTSD. Its mission was, and remains: To advance the clinical care and social welfare of America's veterans through research, education, and training in the science, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD and stress-related disorders. This website is provided as an educational resource concerning PTSD and other enduring consequences of traumatic stress, for a variety of audiences, White River Junction, VT.

Fact Sheets for Family and Friends

Overview of Intimate Partner Violence

Web Links: Military Resources

Web Links: Self-Care and Treatment Resources

Where to Get Help for PTSD

National Center for Telehealth & Technology – our Nation's Warriors, Veterans and their Families will have improved lives through access to and use of tested interventions to prevent, treat and mitigate the adverse psychological health and TBI sequelae of war, Tacoma, WA and Silver Spring, MD.

National Intrepid Center of Excellence – a U.S. Department of Defense institute dedicated to providing cutting-edge evaluation, treatment planning, research and education for service members and their families dealing with the complex interactions of mild traumatic brain injury and psychological health conditions, Bethesda, MD. Facebook page.

PILOTS (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress) – the largest database of publications on PTSD.

Post Traumatic Stress Support Group, MDJunction.com – a community of patients, family members and friends dedicated to dealing with Post Traumatic Stress, together.

PTSD Alliance – a group of professional and advocacy organizations that have joined forces to provide educational resources to individuals diagnosed with PTSD and their loved ones; those at risk for developing PTSD; and medical, healthcare and other frontline professionals.

PTSD Tips & Tools, DART Center for Journalism & Trauma, New York, NY.

Strength at Home – relationship strengthening programs for veterans, service members and their families who are struggling with conflict, anger, and readjustment after a deployment. Our programs are collaboratively developed by internationally recognized mental health experts at the National Center for PTSD, Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston University, and other academic and clinical institutions serving military members and their families. Our team leaders are experts in couple's treatment, anger treatment, as well as trauma and recovery, Boston, MA.

Traumatic Brain Injury, MayoClinic.

Traumatic Brain Injury Information, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health.

Women's Trauma Recovery Program – more than a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, opened the WTRP. It is designed to treat women veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is the first residential program of its kind and is open to women across the country. Many of the women who are referred to the program were sexually assaulted during their military service and suffer what it now referred to as Military Sexual Trauma (MST). The WTRP is an intensive 60-day residential program with a strong emphasis on interpersonal skills. The initial two weeks of treatment involve psychological and psychosocial assessments in order to develop comprehensive treatment plans. Women come into the program in classes, or cohorts, and work together to problem-solve, learn effective communication, and better manage their PTSD / MST symptoms, Menlo Park, CA.

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