Caught a little bit of this program on MN Public Radio. Only caught about 15 minutes, but the focus seemed to be on MBTI.
What cuaght my attention was how the concusion can be "transmitted" via blood pressure, and how the accumulation of "bell-ringers" from blasts add up (not sure if training was included, or jsut combat). I belive that she said that many of the participants had around 19 such instances.
One of the Dr's stated that her light-bulb moment occurred when she had several young soldiers come through who automatically pulled out notepads so they could remember the conversation.
Traumatic brain injuries: Wounds of a modern war
Broadcast: Midmorning, 07/13/2010, 9:06 a.m.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/dis...13/midmorning1
The military has taken heat recently for its handling of soldiers and veterans with blast-induced traumatic brain injuries. Three leading TBI specialists discuss the difficulties of diagnosing and treating the disorder.
Guests
Ibolja Cernak, M.D.: Medical Director, Biomedicine Business Area, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Elaine Peskind, M.D.: Director of Clinical Research for Mental Health Services at the V.A. Hospital of Puget Sound, and a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
James Kelly, M.D.: Director of the Department of Defense's new National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, Md.