Tag: PTSD
Mission 22: Long Islanders Raise Awareness About Veteran Suicide, One Pushup...
Long Islanders unite to help Mission 22, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about and ending veteran suicide, through pushups and social media.
Increased Awareness About Concussions Amplifies Search For Solutions
An estimated 1.8 to 3.6 million traumatic brain injuries occur annually in the United States, reports the CDC, and TBIs account for 30 percent of all injury deaths each year. Diagnoses for concussions have increased 43 percent in the United States within the past five years, with a 71-percent spike among patients 10 to 19 years old, Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is just one of the many treatments presently being considered by researchers as a viable option for concussed patients, with hundreds of millions of dollars being spent to determine better ways to accelerate recovery treatments in both acute and chronic patients.
L.I. Doctor’s Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Could Revolutionize Brain Injury Treatment
"Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been shown to dramatically improve the symptoms of patients suffering from combined TBI and PTSD."
New and Old Techs Enlisted to Treat Returning Vets
Among those to begin using the VR software is the Phobia and Trauma Clinic at Hofstra University’s Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center.