Military & VeteransDr. Perl describes how what we know about blast injury has changed since the early days of 'shell shock' in World War I and in subsequent conflicts.
Posted on BrainLine December 13, 2017.
About the author: Daniel P. Perl, MD
Dr. Perl is a Professor of Pathology at USUHS and Director of the CNRM's Brain Tissue Repository, where he has established a state-of-the-art neuropathology laboratory dedicated to research on the acute and long-term effects of traumatic brain injury among military personnel.
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Sarah replied on Permalink
My son was serving in Iraq and now suffers from PTSD. I was trying to explore how to find out if he has sustained a brain blast injury. He is now an ex serviceman and he seems to have fallen off the care radar. I am desperate to try to help him.
Bob Taylor replied on Permalink
I know there must be veterans' groups on Facebook, secret groups, and I, who am not a vet, cannot tell you how to find them. However, there are the Wounded Warriors. You should contact them. There is a foundation I heard of only recently, Warrior Angels. I know they promulgate the work of Dr. Thomas Gordon, of Encino, California, who specializes in treating blast concussion patients. I cannot vouch for his methods. I hadn't heard of him a week ago. But there is a new book, Tales From the Blast Factory, by Adam and Andrew Marr, which discusses this. There is also a new documentary on Amazon, Quiet Explosions, about this.
As I say, I cannot vouch for this, but I know that Dr Gordon has valid credentials. waftbi.org is the website of Warrior Angels.
Wounded Warriors also should be contacted.
Best of fortune to you. I myself am a blast TBI survivor, from childhood. I understand how disabling this is.