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Military Health System Confronts Stigma Surrounding Mental Health Care
Stigma can be a barrier to a service member seeking support for their mental health. Recognizing mental health as part of overall health and changing attitudes are keys to addressing it.
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Military Health System Centers of Excellence were established to provide the Department of Defense with the ability to speed the advancement of our scientific knowledge and evidence-based practices for diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions that impact our military personnel and their families with the help of a “critical mass” of experts.
Experts from the Centers of Excellence help advance research to diagnose and treat diseases and conditions that affect military personnel and their families.
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The Defense Health Agency launched the first of four Ocular Trauma Centers, which will become primary hubs for the treatment of complex eye injuries and development of cutting-edge research programs.
Eye injury registry (DVEIVR) transforms data into usable information to help improve initial warfighter care and rehabilitation.
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Helping service members – especially aviators – see clearly without glasses is key to military readiness.
Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence’s 2021 Caregiver Guide provides specific tools to help caregivers manage TBI patient recovery.
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Aphasia is an incurable disease usually caused by stroke that affects all forms of communication.
Vision care service coordinators support eye injury and vision loss patient recovery.
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Traumatic cataracts can occur during battlefield injuries, but they are largely avoidable in non-combat situations.
Hearing and sight are the two dominant human senses, both primordial for military service members’ readiness, health, and mission success.
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