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Blast Injury and Mental Health

Daniel P. Perl, MD
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Dr. Perl discusses the importance of looking at physical and mental impacts of blast injury together.

Posted on BrainLine December 13, 2017.
(Photo: Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga/Released)

About the author: Daniel P. Perl, MD

Dr. Perl is a Professor of Pathology at USUHS and Director of the CNRM's Brain Tissue Repository, where he has established a state-of-the-art neuropathology laboratory dedicated to research on the acute and long-term effects of traumatic brain injury among military personnel.

Dr. Daniel P. Pearl

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DeAnne J Armstrong replied on

My son shows all signs of TBI & was released from the Army as "personality disorder". He is coping with the many issues by a very strick diet.