Empowering VeteransEnabling Success: EVESTBI/PTSD - The Impact On Brain Structures
Sleep Function and Reading
Dr Denise A ValentiVision Care: Specializing in Research Related to Neural Processing of the Visual System in Injury, Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease
EVES EVES Project funded by generous grant from
Blue Hills Community Health Alliance, a community health area network supported by the Massachusetts Department of Health.
This contains a small portion of the lecture provided to Quincy College Faculty through the grant.
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Gulf War Legacy
Of the 697,000 Gulf War veterans, 53% are receiving compensation for service-connected disabilities
The disability rate for the last century was 5% before Vietnam 10% in Vietnam
U.S. News and World Report, www.usnews.comand The Cedars of Lebanon Weep
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Not Just Physical Injury
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TBI TBI is the “signature injury” of recent wars
IEDs account for 65% of combat injuries Of all exposed to IED, 60% have TBI Estimate that approximately 10,000 have TBI (2007 data)
Harriet Zeiner, Sept 2007 www.kamberphoto.com/
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Symptoms Reported Suspected TBI
Symptoms % patients N=166)
Sleep Disturbances 84%
Irritability 84%
Attention/Concentration 79%
Mood swings 76%
Memory problems 76%
Anxiety 74%
Headaches 71%
Light/noise sensitivity 69%
Depression 66%
Visual disturbances 66%
Tinnitus 58%
Excessive fatigue 58%
Balance problems 42%
Dizziness 40%
Lew HL, et al. Defining Characteristics of Returning Military in a VA PNS, JRRD
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