Coping with Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Returning Troops: Wounds of War III

Coping with Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Returning Troops: Wounds of War III

Coping with Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Returning Troops: Wounds of War III

eBook
Author(s):NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Wounds on War III; B. K. Wiederhold; IOS Press
Format: Original PDF
Published year: 2011
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Language: English
ISBN: 9781607507970, 9781607507963

Summary

It has been shown that those who have served in both combat missions and peacekeeping operations are at increased risk for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Research suggests that this may result from their 'wounds of war'. Some wounds may be 'invisible', such as depression, stress, and chronic pain, while others, such as physical disabilities, are more obvious. In February 2011, 35 scientists and representatives from NATO and Partner countries met in Vienna, Austria for a three-day NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled "Wounds of War: Coping with Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Re
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