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How Many Service Members Have Had a Blast Injury

How Many Service Members Have Had a Blast Injury
Dr. Perl talks about some of the challenges in identifying exact numbers of blast injury in the military but estimates that it's in the hundreds of thousands. He also talks about questions related to women who may suffer from blast injury in the future and civilians impacted by blast injuries as well.

Examining Brains

Examining Brains

Dr. Perl discusses the importance of brain donation and the repository he has helped to set up in order to provide more specimens for research.

We Lost Another Veteran Yesterday

Arlington National Cemetery: We Lost Another Veteran Yesterday

It will be true on the day I post this, and it will be true on the day that you read it. Another Veteran will have succumbed to the struggle and died by suicide. You may wonder, “what can I do?”

The Combat Addiction Paradox

The Combat Addiction Paradox

Our lives did not peak on a mountaintop in Afghanistan, or a jungle in Vietnam. They do if we think they do; if we see that as the ultimate achievement in our lives, and everything else is downhill and meaningless, then that’s what we will believe. That’s not the case.

Caregiver Self Care: Your Emotional Health

Military Caregiving: Emotional Self Care

When challenging things happen, emotional health lets you bounce back and move on. Most of us take emotional and mental health for granted and only focus on it when problems occur. But like physical health, it requires attention to build and maintain.

Epidemiology of PTSD

Epidemiology of PTSD
The prevalence of PTSD across different populations based on recent studies that have assessed the prevalence of PTSD in nationally representative samples as well as in samples of Veterans.