We all know that PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury are signature injuries of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This is a whole new field of intensive care prompted by the signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, inflicted in roadside bomb attacks.
While the term shell shock is no longer used in either medical or military discourse, it has entered into popular imagination and memory, and is often identified as the signature injury of the War.
According to Representative Bill Pascrell (Democrat, NJ), TBI is "the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Finally, with brain trauma becoming the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this research/education model could also be applied to the military.
TBI has been identified as the "signature injury" afflicting Iraq and Afghanistan service members.
Post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries-two signature injuries of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq-affect 1 in 6 of our veterans.
TBI was identified as the signature injury among soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Bill has worked to make sure that our soldiers are properly screened and diagnosed for concussions.
You've witnessed those who suffer from the unseen wounds of war, such as those affected with post-traumatic stress or traumatic brain injuries, the signature injuries of the past 10 years of conflict.
First, the recognition that concussions can do lasting damage and increase the risk of dementia, and have been built into football as it is played now; second, the emergence of brain trauma as the signature injury of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.