Traumatic Brain Injury
Making sense of all of the resources available to veterans and their families can be a daunting task. In order to help, we have listed some but not all resources available by category. Please let us know if any of the links are no longer active and if you know of resources that we should add to the list. And always feel free to call or email for help finding resources, via the info on our contact page.
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center (PRC), the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), and the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) have resources and expertise to enhance the care and recovery of active military and veterans with paralysis and/or traumatic brain injury.
The PRC Military Outreach Campaign assists all active and retired military with mobility impairment from a spinal cord injury or a traumatic brain injury. The PRC has two locations and an extensive website to help those living with paralysis make more informed decisions about their treatment.
Mental Health: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Suicide
Mental Health: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Suicide (pdf link):
Veterans face innumerable mental hazards while serving in the armed forces. Typically, upon their return home from a deployment, military personnel and their families encounter a myriad of issues. The anticipation of homecoming often causes idealistic expectations and pressures of reunification. This coupled with potential separation from the military and pending transitions into civilian life often cause feelings of anxiety, anger, and resentment between a service member and their family. Moreover, personnel and veterans recently returning from combat may, at the very least, struggle to assimilate back into a civilian lifestyle. It is not uncommon for veterans and personnel to experience sensitivity to loud noises, difficulty sleeping, irritability, and difficulty concentrating.
The nature of military efforts often exposes combat veterans to violence and death. As a result, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have relatively high instances of mental health disorders. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are “signature” injuries of recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.
Operation Homefront Inc.
Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, to the families they leave behind, and to wounded warriors when they return home. A nonprofit 501(c)3 founded after September 11, Operation Homefront leads more than 4,000 volunteers in 31 chapters nationwide. Since its inception, Operation Homefront has provided critical assistance to more than 45,000 military families in need.
Easter Seals TBI Program
www.easterseals.com/…ntl_veterans_tbi_pilot_form
Three Easter Seals affiliates in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Hartford, Connecticut; and Sacramento, California — with funding from the Ludy Family Foundation — are conducting a project to help returning service members and veterans that may have symptoms associated with a TBI.
Traumatic Brain Injury
“Traumatic Brain Injury.com is a project of Traumatic Brain Injury.com, LLC. The site is sponsored by and paid for by the Law Firm of Cohen, Placitella and Roth, P.C., with offices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Our mission is to be the leading Internet resource for education, advocacy, research and support for brain injury survivors, their families, and medical and rehabilitation professionals.”
Centre for Neuro Skills TBI resource guide
The TBI Resource Guide is a source of information, services and products relating to traumatic brain injury, brain injury recovery, and post-acute rehabilitation.
Brain Injury Association of America
Founded in 1980, the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI). Together with its network of more than 40 chartered state affiliates, as well as hundreds of local chapters and support groups across the country, the BIAA provides information, education and support to assist the 5.3 million Americans currently living with traumatic brain injury and their families.
Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide
This online book explains head injury in clear, easy to understand language. Most say the available material is too medical or too difficult to read. The goal of this online book is to better prepare the head injured person and family for the long road ahead.
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
http://www.dvbic.org/cms.php?p=About_us
TIRR Foundation / Project Victory
TIRR Foundation founded, directs and funds Mission Connect, a collaborative research project focused on the discovery of treatments and cures for central nervous system damage caused by brain injuries and stroke, and paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries. The foundation continues to support summer camps and sports teams for wheel chair dependant children. The foundation’s early dedication to improving patient care continues as does the goal to ensure neurologically injured patients receive the highest level of care and greatest opportunity for recovery.
