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Medication does not heal a brain injury condition
06.02.2025
Dr. Carol Henricks
The comparison between brain and mind clarifies that blast injury and other
physical brain injury (TBI) that veterans and others experience are physical
wounds that need to be healed. What we consider to be the “mind” is the
evidence of function or dysfunction of the brain.

Breacher Syndrome, Blast Injury and the Stigma of PTSD
07.02.2025
Dr. Carol Henricks
Breacher syndrome has been acknowledged in medical literature, but the acknowledgement leaves out the fact that essentially all combat veterans have experienced multiple blasts and therefore have suffered some degree of brain injury. Forceful blasts are part of war: large caliber weapons, IED’s, door breaches, small weapons fire, etc. It has been acknowledged that blast waves create micro tears in brain tissue, damage blood vessels and create chemical disturbances in the brain. Brain injury and the associated symptoms are the signature injury of the post- 911 conflict, yet there is no effective plan in place to evaluate and treat this injury.

Injuring an Injured Brain
22.02.2025
Dr. Carol Henricks
What do Football players and military combat veterans have in common ? Their job puts them in line to injure an injured brain. Neurologists are concerned when a patient suffers 2 concussions within a year, but Football players and military combat veterans may suffer multiple injuries within a few hours and often on a daily basis. They have the highest rates of neurodegenerative conditions (dementia, Parkinson’s etc) in our society.s is a short two or three-sentence summary designed to help hook the reader and convince them to click. When someone finds your blog post through an online search engine like Google, they should see your blog title plus a great description that gets them to click on your link.

Healing Veterans, Stopping Veterans Suicide
22.02.2025
The VA budget for suicide prevention has increased by $3.3 billion since
2015 (as per TreatNow.org reported data). The average cost of $89K per
veteran for suicide prevention has not resulted in decreased suicides; in fact
the suicide rate continues to increase. What measures has this increased
VA expenditure funded ? A VA crisis line, a “self check” quiz, a safety plan
for making firearms inaccessible, shortening the crisis number to 988, PSA’s,
community based coalitions and all 50 states have a “Governor’s challenge”
to prevent suicide in veterans. Why aren’t all these measures helping ?