Treatment for TBI by the VA
Polytrauma System of Care is essential for any Veteran as referred in this article, make sure you or your loved one is getting this for a proper diagnosis!
The following information is taken from my e-book titled:
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: REFERENCE, RESOURCE AND GUIDE can be bought at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/633140
Or can be found in Live Now! Continue the Fight! As a soft-cover book at: https://www.createspace.com/5545873
Source: Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD – U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (E)
Do I have the symptoms that follow a TBI or PTSD - or both?
•No matter how mild or severe the injury itself was, the effects could be serious.
Although TBI screens are used, a screen is not used to diagnose TBI. Even if your TBI screen is positive, that does not mean that you have a TBI. It means that you should be assessed further. Diagnosing a TBI is hard because there may not be any physical signs of injury. Details of the trauma may be hard to pin down. Sometimes right after the injury the effects are so brief that they are not noticed.
You may go to the doctor some time later when details of the injury are not as clear. TBI can occur in confused times of crisis, such as combat. In the heat of events the injury may be ignored. Many of the symptoms that can result from a TBI are the same as the symptoms of PTSD. For these reasons, the best way to diagnose a TBI is an interview by a skilled clinician.
TBI and Veterans
The VA is working to make sure that TBI care is easy to access. VA is using a TBI screening tool to begin the assessment process. VA has put in place the Polytrauma System of Care to treat Veterans with TBI who also have other injuries. Veterans with the most severe wounds are being treated at one of the 4 Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers or one of the 21 Polytrauma Network Sites. Patients with less severe wounds may get treatment at local VA Medical Centers. No matter where a Veteran goes first, there is no "wrong door" for treatment.
Traumatic brain injury: A guide for patients. (n.d.). CogSMART, VA San Diego Healthcare System. Accessed at: http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/tbi.pdf. (F)
Polytrauma System of Care is essential for any Veteran as referred in this article, make sure you or your loved one is getting this for a proper diagnosis!
The following information is taken from my e-book titled:
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: REFERENCE, RESOURCE AND GUIDE can be bought at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/633140
Or can be found in Live Now! Continue the Fight! As a soft-cover book at: https://www.createspace.com/5545873
Source: Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD – U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (E)
Do I have the symptoms that follow a TBI or PTSD - or both?
•No matter how mild or severe the injury itself was, the effects could be serious.
Although TBI screens are used, a screen is not used to diagnose TBI. Even if your TBI screen is positive, that does not mean that you have a TBI. It means that you should be assessed further. Diagnosing a TBI is hard because there may not be any physical signs of injury. Details of the trauma may be hard to pin down. Sometimes right after the injury the effects are so brief that they are not noticed.
You may go to the doctor some time later when details of the injury are not as clear. TBI can occur in confused times of crisis, such as combat. In the heat of events the injury may be ignored. Many of the symptoms that can result from a TBI are the same as the symptoms of PTSD. For these reasons, the best way to diagnose a TBI is an interview by a skilled clinician.
TBI and Veterans
The VA is working to make sure that TBI care is easy to access. VA is using a TBI screening tool to begin the assessment process. VA has put in place the Polytrauma System of Care to treat Veterans with TBI who also have other injuries. Veterans with the most severe wounds are being treated at one of the 4 Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers or one of the 21 Polytrauma Network Sites. Patients with less severe wounds may get treatment at local VA Medical Centers. No matter where a Veteran goes first, there is no "wrong door" for treatment.
Traumatic brain injury: A guide for patients. (n.d.). CogSMART, VA San Diego Healthcare System. Accessed at: http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/tbi.pdf. (F)