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Occupational therapist Kristen Maisano talks about therapy dogs, which are used in the clinic, and how they can help service members with mild TBI and PTDS in ways that humans cannot.

OT Kristen Maisano talks about helping patients with TBI attain their goals; sometimes there are ways to retrain the brain, other times the use of compensatory strategies is necessary.

Transitioning from the military, where a service member may have had to make many life-and-death decisions, to the civilian world can be challenging.

Civilian healthcare providers may need to reach out to specialists in the community to ensure that their patients are getting all of their TBI-related issues addressed.

Kristen Maisano, OTD talks about how service dogs can help service members and veterans in many ways — from feeling safe when sleeping to gaining confidence in public places.

Occupational therapist Kristen Maisano, OTD talks about how addressing sexual health as an activity of dailing living, just like eating, dressing, and bathing, normalizes it and helps patients with TBI and their caregivers connect again.

Symptoms of TBI and PTSD can overlap, says Lt. Col. Jeffrey Yarvis, PhD, but sometimes treating the psychological ones first makes treating the neurological ones from there more effective.

When a parent is injured or seems different because of a brain injury or post-traumatic stress, sometimes children act out — using actions instead of words to show their confusion and distress.

"Doctors ask patients how their pain ranks on a scale of one to 10. I would like to see a similarly institutionalized scale used when talking about suicidality," says Lt. Col Jeffrey Yarvis, PhD.

Despite the pre-conceived ideas people may have about hypnotherapy, it is actually more about awareness and control than the lack thereof ... and can help people with TBI and PTSD.

Lt. Col Jeffrey Yarvis, PhD talks about how increasing the ratio of positive to negative thoughts does, in fact, help with recovery from TBI and PTSD.