The walking wounded
New studies on PTSD, brain injuries hold promise for Iraq-Afghanistan veterans
August 7, 2008
Two weeks ago an important new part of helping Space Coast veterans opened its doors -- and its arms.
It's the Melbourne Veterans Center, a walk-in facility designed like other such clinics nationwide to aid returning Iraq-Afghanistan war veterans get faster access and treatment to heal the battlefield's scars.
Two of which are invisible, crippling and potentially fatal:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and traumatic brain injury, or TBI, which have become the signature wounds of the wars because of multiple combat tours and repeated exposure to roadside bombs.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
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