Healing the Brain, Healing the Mind

Science 29 July 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6042 pp. 514-517
DOI: 10.1126/science.333.6042.514
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The Invisible Wounds of War
The Invisible Wounds of War
Healing the Brain, Healing the Mind

1. Greg Miller

Summary

The National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at the National Naval Medical Center specializes in diagnosing and treating the toughest cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health problems to arise from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The confluence of TBI and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be the hardest problem confronting veterans of the current conflicts and those who care for them. Physical and psychological trauma have traditionally been considered different entities, the former treated by neurologists and the latter by psychiatrists. Yet the two conditions have many overlapping symptoms, and people with a history of both seem to have an especially difficult time recovering. There is even some evidence to suggest the two traumas may involve overlapping mechanisms in the brain. NICoE takes an integrated approach to treating veterans and plans to undertake research to help unravel the knot of TBI and PTSD.
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