Posted on Jul 12, 2016
Research Traces Link Between Combat Blasts and PTSD
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I am interested in your individual and collective thoughts on this article, TBI and its links to PTSD. I have experienced TBI, and believe now, years later I could be experiencing signs of PTSD. My wife certainly says things are different post OIF/ORF. I had been in combat before 911, but never exposed to blasts like I was in Iraq. I have long studied PTSD with regards to both the military, and more recently with regards to law enforcement and EMS. So, for a variety of reasons, I am interested.
This article sounds like they know there is link, but are trivializing or downplaying it? It sounds hauntingly similar to issues previous generations of veterans have dealt with, and the VA's avoidance of them... Radiation and Chemical Agent Exposure, Agent Orange, Gulf War Illness, Burn Pits...
Having dealt with the VA, it seems to me, their Modus Operandi is how can we not compensate and treat vs. how can we help. But, that is another issue altogether... the VA that is.
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This article sounds like they know there is link, but are trivializing or downplaying it? It sounds hauntingly similar to issues previous generations of veterans have dealt with, and the VA's avoidance of them... Radiation and Chemical Agent Exposure, Agent Orange, Gulf War Illness, Burn Pits...
Having dealt with the VA, it seems to me, their Modus Operandi is how can we not compensate and treat vs. how can we help. But, that is another issue altogether... the VA that is.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas @LTC Stephen F. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC Mark Merino SGT (Join to see) CW5 (Join to see) Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS Capt Seid Waddell GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad CPT (Join to see) @woods
Research Traces Link Between Combat Blasts and PTSD
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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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Folks, the time to continue studying "test dummies" is over. We sincerely and promptly need to refocus our overall efforts to our SMs and their families!
As a cbt vets and retired MH/PTSD counselor at Madigan Army Hospital, ALL these factors may contribute to what our folks experience now and over time.
We need more action and less research. For those searching for the Holy Grail, let them find and do their own thing for the next 50 years!
There is no Golden Bullet, no single cure!
As a cbt vets and retired MH/PTSD counselor at Madigan Army Hospital, ALL these factors may contribute to what our folks experience now and over time.
We need more action and less research. For those searching for the Holy Grail, let them find and do their own thing for the next 50 years!
There is no Golden Bullet, no single cure!
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Thanks for sharing that researchers are making a logical connection between explosive blasts and PTSD COL Charles Williams
IN WWI and WWII concussion grenades were used by the Germans to a large extent. Explosions created tremendous physical damage to personnel in combat during the civil war and explosions in iron-clad and in-clad vessels shook many people heads up. In WWI and WWII and to a lesser extent in Vietnam shipboard explosions created tremendous blasts. I had been exposed to blasts long before 9/11/2001; but, never in a metal box or enclosed room.
In Vietnam the VC and NVA were exposed to tremendous blasts from arc light bomb strikes to explosions in tunnel systems. Being in a closed room with an explosion either in a bunker or in a vehicle most likely results in TBI which may prove to be a factor in PTSD. I would be surprised if the causal relationship is not established through studies.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Thomas Tennant MAJ Ken LandgrenCapt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSFC William FarrellSSG Leo Bell SSgt (Join to see) Sgt Joe LaBranche SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright PO3 Steven Sherrill PO1 John Miller Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
IN WWI and WWII concussion grenades were used by the Germans to a large extent. Explosions created tremendous physical damage to personnel in combat during the civil war and explosions in iron-clad and in-clad vessels shook many people heads up. In WWI and WWII and to a lesser extent in Vietnam shipboard explosions created tremendous blasts. I had been exposed to blasts long before 9/11/2001; but, never in a metal box or enclosed room.
In Vietnam the VC and NVA were exposed to tremendous blasts from arc light bomb strikes to explosions in tunnel systems. Being in a closed room with an explosion either in a bunker or in a vehicle most likely results in TBI which may prove to be a factor in PTSD. I would be surprised if the causal relationship is not established through studies.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Thomas Tennant MAJ Ken LandgrenCapt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSFC William FarrellSSG Leo Bell SSgt (Join to see) Sgt Joe LaBranche SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright PO3 Steven Sherrill PO1 John Miller Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
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I have PTSD and depression due to MST. If you feel you're seeing the signs of PTSD try to find a good therapist and go to the va mental health department. They'll do an assessment via psychologist. I have both support systems and I'm starting to heal a little at a time. They say PTSD never goes away but it can be managed thru meditation, breathing, etc
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