VA's TRACTS program seeking breakthroughs on traumatic brain injury
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The BAT-L uses novel forensic interview techniques to evaluate TBI in post-9/11 Veterans
Perceived stigma, a 'tough it out' mentality, confidentiality issues, and a commitment to the mission can all contribute to underreporting,” said Dr. Sahra Kim, research psychologist at the VA Boston Healthcare System and lead author of a recent study on the diagnostic accuracy of the Boston...
Treating Trauma with Weights
About 12 million Americans are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, with the symptoms of PTSD contributing to long-term health issues. But many are finding relief through a common form of exercise, lifting a burden through weightlifting. Dr. James Whitworth discusses his work with CBS News...
Substance abuse up among active duty personnel
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PTSD
One project in TRACTS is looking at how experiences during childhood might influence how service members react to stress later in life. Studies have shown that people’s reactions to stress are in part due to how much stress and psychological trauma they were exposed to when they were children. Using...
Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational counseling remains an integral part of our TRACTS Center of Excellence. As always, our aim is to help ease the transition of service members from the military to the civilian workforce. We hope to provide practical assistance to service members in the following areas: Writing an effective...
BRAVE
The BRAVE trial is a Department of Defense sponsored, multi-site clinical trial targeting improvement of cognitive deficits associated with mild traumatic brain injury. In particular, it tests whether multiple sessions of at-home computer-based cognitive training can generalize to improvements in...
Frontal White Matter
Alcohol use and neuroimaging data were obtained as part of a comprehensive assessment of post-deployment health at the VA Boston TBI Center of Excellence (TRACTS). Veterans of OEF/OIF/OND present to the VA with complex and interactive psychological and physical problems, including high rates of...
Open Positions
The Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) at VA Boston Healthcare invites applications for two positions as Postdoctoral Research Associate in brain imaging of Veterans. The TRACTS conducts a prospective longitudinal cohort study and has recruited over 500 Veterans from...
Aging TRACTS (ATRACTS)
Aging TRACTS (ATRACTS) is a new study that seeks to learn about brain and behavioral changes in middle aged and older Veterans. We hope to better understand the impact combat exposure has on brain function and risk of Alzheimer’s Disease in individuals who have been deployed. We will examine whether...