Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been called the signature injury of the post-9/11
wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and neighboring countries. Although similarities exist
between veterans and service members with TBI, levels of severity and different constellations
of coexisting comorbid conditions affect them differently. These conditions affect
physical, cognitive, and emotional function, which in turn can complicate community
reintegration (CR), or the ability to return to family, vocational, and community
life. This special supplement of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation consists of articles written by accomplished teams from multiple disciplines, including
anthropology, neuropsychology, nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, and rehabilitation
sciences. Each article brings a different perspective to bear on what CR means for
veterans and service members from examination of predictors and perceptions of veterans
and service members and others to measurement studies. Collectively, this group of
articles represents current thinking about CR and lays the groundwork for testing
interventions to improve CR outcomes for veterans and service members (eg, employment,
living situation, family life).
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Footnotes
The Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model System collaboration is funded through an Interagency Agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. This research is sponsored by the Veterans Health Administrative Central Office, Veterans Affairs TBI Model System Program of Research and a subcontract from General Dynamics Health Solutions (no. W91YTZ-13-C-0015) from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (grant nos. 1 I50 HX001233-01 and W81XWH-13-2-0095), and U.S. Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this article are those of the authors and should not be construed as an official position of the Department of Defense or any other federal agency, policy, or decision unless so designated by other official documentation.
Publication of this article was supported by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Disclosures: none.
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