Neuroscience
Thanks to The Washington Post and ABC News, treatment issues related to TBI and other war-related injuries have been at the forefront of a healthy dose public attention over the past month.
From the New York Times and International Herald Tribune:
For the war's many brain-wounded, a challenge to find the right care
By Deborah Sontag and Lizette Alvarez
The New York Times and International Herald Tribune
Published: March 12, 2007
[snip]
"We have been let down by a system that is so bungling and bureaucratic that it doesn't know what it can and cannot do and just says no as a matter of course," said Debra Schulz of Friendswood, Texas. Her son, Lance Corporal Steven Schulz, 22, of the Marines, suffered a severe brain injury during his second tour in Iraq.
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From the June 2007 APA Monitor: A long road back With so many service members affected by traumatic brain injuries, neuropsychologists are ramping up diagnosis and treatment By Christopher Munsey Monitor staff Print version: page 34 Traumatic brain injury...
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Neuroscience
Military Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Thanks to The Washington Post and ABC News, treatment issues related to TBI and other war-related injuries have been at the forefront of a healthy dose public attention over the past month.
From the New York Times and International Herald Tribune:
For the war's many brain-wounded, a challenge to find the right care
By Deborah Sontag and Lizette Alvarez
The New York Times and International Herald Tribune
Published: March 12, 2007
[snip]
"We have been let down by a system that is so bungling and bureaucratic that it doesn't know what it can and cannot do and just says no as a matter of course," said Debra Schulz of Friendswood, Texas. Her son, Lance Corporal Steven Schulz, 22, of the Marines, suffered a severe brain injury during his second tour in Iraq.
[snip]
[ ... Read the full article ... ]
- Encephalon 32
Encephalon 32, A Neuroscience Carnival is now available for your reading pleasure at Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted). In other news, The Traumatically Brain Injured One post seems to be getting a large number of hits from this article...
- Capgras Syndrome And Traumatic Brain Injury
An interesting feature article from the front page of yesterday's New York Times: After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: August 9, 2009 "Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain...
- Wartime Traumatic Brain Injury: Illinois Not Waiting For A Bush Administration Heckuva-brownie-job
From The New York Times website: Screening for Brain Injury Is Set for Illinois Veterans By LIBBY SANDER Published: July 4, 2007 CHICAGO, July 3 — Frustrated with the federal government’s response to the mental health needs of soldiers, Illinois...
- Wartime Traumatic Brain Injuries (tbis)
From the June 2007 APA Monitor: A long road back With so many service members affected by traumatic brain injuries, neuropsychologists are ramping up diagnosis and treatment By Christopher Munsey Monitor staff Print version: page 34 Traumatic brain injury...
- The Insula Is Making Headlines!
From a report in The New York Times about the neuroscience of smoking: Scientists Tie Part of Brain to Urge to Smoke By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: January 25, 2007 [snip] The insula, for years a wallflower of brain anatomy, has emerged...