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Our study on the effects of alcohol on grey matter thickness has revealed two key findings. First, the outermost layer of cortex across the entire brain was reduced in a sample of community dwelling recovered alcoholics. Second, alcohol’s effect on the brain is continuous across a wide range of...

Assessing Long-Term Effects of Repetitive Trauma This state of the art research study is designed to better understand the long-term consequences of brain injuries from blast explosions or other causes, such as a fall or motor vehicle accident. An important question that we want to answer is whether...

Assessment of Capacity to Consent to Treatment (ACCT) Tool The ACCT is an assessment tool for clinicians to use as one component in assessing a person’s ability to consent to medical treatment in view of four abilities: Understanding, Appreciation, Reasoning, and Expressing a Choice. A manual...

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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 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...

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...

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...