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Along Recovery is an intimate portrait of TBI, the signature wound of Afghanistan and Iraq. This film documents the TBI recovery process from the perspective of four soldiers recently evacuated from combat operations.

Diffusion Tensor Imaging shows the pathway water molecules follow in the brain. DTI can help experts better visualize the areas of injury in the brain.

COL Hack talks about the Army's thousands of Combat Casualty Care projects, including 450-500 just for brain injury research and care.

Increased awareness of the short- and long-term issues of TBI has helped improve programs for comprehensive TBI screenings and evaluations. But many treatments are still in the research phase.

Every service member transitioning from the DoD to the VA is screened for TBI. If detected, a comprehensive evaluation is performed.

Questions about childhood, habits pre- and post-TBI, and how relationships can change are all part of taking a full case history.

Blood biomarkers could enormously change the way TBI — from severe to mild — is diagnosed and then treated.

Helping improve function and mood for patients post-TBI involves getting the whole picture of a person, his symptoms, and how they are affecting his life.