Citation

Brenner LA, Bahraini N, Hernández TD. Front. Neurol. 2012; 3: 31.

Affiliation

Veterans Integrated Service Network 19, Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center Denver, CO, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Frontiers Research Foundation)

DOI

10.3389/fneur.2012.00031

PMID

22408635

PMCID

PMC3296058

Abstract

Military personnel are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and reporting non-specific physical (somatic), behavioral, psychological, and cognitive symptoms. Many of these symptoms are frequently associated with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and/or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite significant attention and advances in assessment and intervention for these two conditions, challenges persist. To address this, clinically relevant blast models are essential in the full characterization of this type of injury, as well as in the testing and identification of potential treatment strategies. In this publication, existing diagnostic challenges and current treatment practices for mTBI and/or PTSD will be summarized, along with suggestions regarding how what has been learned from existing models of PTSD and traditional mechanism (e.g., non-blast) traumatic brain injury can be used to facilitate the development of clinically relevant blast models.

Language: en