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March: Brain Injury Awareness Month

brain injury awareness month logo of a brainThe Military Health System recognizes March as Brain Injury Awareness Month and wants to provide all service members, retirees, veterans, and their families with information on these types of injuries. Please use the links below to learn more about brain injuries, and please continue to visit health.mil throughout the month of March as we feature more brain injury content.

More information on traumatic brain injury from the Deployment Health Clinical Center.



Resources Across the MHS

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Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury - DCoE assesses, validates, oversees and facilitates prevention, resilience, identification, treatment, outreach, rehabilitation, and reintegration programs for psychological health and traumatic brain injury to ensure the Department of Defense meets the needs of the nation's military communities, warriors and families.

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Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) - The primary operational TBI component of DCoE, the mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs. DVBIC fulfills this mission through ongoing collaboration with military, VA and civilian health partners, local communities, families and individuals with TBI.

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Deployment Health Clinical Center - Post Deployment Health Reassessment Program - The Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA) Program is a program mandated by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in March 2005 and designed to identify and address health concerns, with specific emphasis on mental health, that have emerged over time since deployment.

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Military Health System - TBI Numbers - This information is designed to provide service members, their families, veterans, the general public, and other concerned citizens with the most comprehensive and accurate figures available regarding diagnosed cases of TBI within the U.S. military.

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National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) - A component of DCoE, the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), opening Summer 2010, will be an advanced facility dedicated to research, diagnosis and treatment of military personnel and veterans suffering from mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and Psychological Health (PH) issues.

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TRICARE - Special Programs for Injured Service Members - Check out are numerous Brain injury resources at TRICARE.mil

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Uniformed Services University - Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM) - CNRM was established as a collaborative intramural federal program involving the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health developed to bring together the expertise of clinicians and scientists across disciplines to catalyze innovative approaches to traumatic brain injury (TBI) research.

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