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Ask the Expert – Laura Harward, LICSW: Who and What Is Treated at the Home Base Program?

Laura Harward, LICSW, discusses the Intensive Clinical Program at the Home Base, including treatments for PTSD, TBI, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and military sexual trauma.

Ask the Expert - Kyle Faust, PhD: What If Home Base's Intensive Program Is Not for Me?

Veterans and service members often think it's weak to ask for help with their symptoms of PTSD. It is quite the opposite, explains Kyle Faust, PhD.

Focusing on PTSD Glimmers — Not Triggers — During the Holidays

Stacey, Russ, and their daughters smiling in front of a giant ice sculpture of Rudolph the Red Nose

What are glimmers and what do they have to do with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

Staying Between the Bumpers after Brain Injury

David and his wife smiling in festive holiday sweaters

These days my wife and I do a lot of laughing, but in the spirit of transparency, we never forget the years we spent crying together.

Have Other Families Experienced Disorders of Consciousness?

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The importance of finding support from other families who have experienced disorders of consciousness

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Agitation and Restlessness

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Agitation and restlessness after severe brain injury

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Pain

Pain experienced after severe brain injury

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Spasticity

Spasticity in muscles after severe brain injury

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Bladder and Bowel Problems

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Bladder and bowel problems after severe brain injury

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Vision and Hearing

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Vision and hearing complications after severe brain injury

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Sleep

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Sleep disturbances after severe brain injury

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Heterotopic Ossification (HO)

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Heterotopic Ossification (HO) after severe brain injury

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Seizures

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Seizures after severe brain injury

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Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus is sometimes called “water on the brain.”

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Swallowing

Swallowing complications after severe brain injury

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Nutrition and Eating

A feeding tube drips for a patient in a coma

Nutrition and eating for people in disorders of consciousness

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Marine Veteran Nick Morrison's Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and Moral Injury

U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Veteran Nick Morrison's Humvee was hit by improvised explosive devices twice while he was deployed in Iraq. When he got home, the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) became debilitating. Nick shares how his survivor's guilt and moral injury caused his PTSD and how WWP’s Road Home Program helped him heal.

Growth and Change Through Trauma with Gratitude and Connection

A man watches two girls play a VR motorcycle video game in an arcade

The holiday season is upon us and that means family time and reflection. But this year just feels off. I’m not sure if it’s the change of seasons, the upcoming holidays, our added pressures at work, or just the stress of everything going on in the world, but my husband, Russ, and I have both been stressed.