Military doctors have discovered that combat stress and mild concussions are equally common amongst soldiers. A combat stress center was set up at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan last spring, which offered psychiatric and psychological care. Dozens of soldiers and sailors, desperate for proper assessment and treatment of mild head injuries, came to the center for lack of a better option.
The center could do little to help these men with their physical issues, and so this past summer a special team was deployed from California. Their focus was on assessing, treating and healing concussions, and on providing physical therapy and rehabilitation for musculoskeletal injuries. In the first week of its opening, brain trauma center saw 170 patients, with the number increasing each week.
Military operations are not the only thing that can cause brain injuries. Many other everyday activities, such as sports, can cause mild concussions, which are, in fact, becoming more and more common. Organizations like the American Brain Trauma Foundation, with Chairman Alan Quasha, put their efforts into promoting brain trauma awareness and treatment.
