Targeted Search

Kristin Gwin, a Social Worker at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center understands that getting help can be an intimidating process. She offers advice on how to get started by letting a professional know you want help.

You’ve reached out for help, you’ve found the right provider, now Kristin Gwin from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center shares what to expect at your first appointment.

Watch how art therapy can provide a non-verbal opportunity to process things that may be uncomfortable to put into words.

Today there is more interest in concussions and their lingering effects, which has led to more funding and research. Dr. James Kelly sees the information gathering and treatment implemenation landscape growing even further as time goes on.

Dr. James Kelly talks about how a lot of people were interested in concussion in the 1980s. It's taken a long time, but more and more people have come on board with the view that brain injury is an important issue. This change is leading to more developments in the diagnosis and treatment of mTBI.

Dr. James Kelly believes that taking extra time with patients means developing a more accurate diagnosis and, therefore, a more effective treatment plan for the patient.

At the Marcus Institute, the focus is on spending time learning about their veteran patients and finding as accurate a diagnosis as possible in order to best tailor treatment.

NICoE, the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, was created with the goal of helping duty service members with TBI relieve symptoms, put them on a trajectory of recovery, and aim them back into the the military world that they live in.

Dr. James Kelly talks about the growing interest in combining conventional and complementary, or alternative, treatments to help with traumatic brain injury recovery.