U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Active military or National Guard/Reserve status
2. Enrollment within 2 years of return from Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) theater and subsequent operations.
3. Positive response to screening at post-deployment examination and positive response to questions 1,2, or 6 on the "2 + 10 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Screening Questionnaire" or positive response to questions 1c, 4,5, or 6 on the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation (which corresponds to the critical sections of the Centers for Disease Control operational definition of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI))
4. Has access to a telephone.
You may not be if
1. Moderate or severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale \< 13) requiring hospitalization
2. Active psychotic disorder (including schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder), severe depression with active suicidal ideation at TBI clinic visit, or current bipolar disorder by history.
3. Enrollment into intensive treatment at TBI programs at Madigan or Womack Army Medical Center
