Links to Web-based resources for veterans with TBI and PTSD, and the health care providers who care for them.
Both the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Physician Assistants are proud partners in Joining Forces, a national initiative that mobilizes all sectors of society to give service members and their families the opportunities and support they have earned. Below you will find links highlighting the ways in which PAs and NPs can make a difference in veterans’ lives, as well as links to information on traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder and resources for both clinicians and veterans.
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners – Joining Forces
joiningforces.aanp.org
American Academy of Physician Assistants – Caring for Veterans
www.aapa.org/veterans
Brain Injury Association of America
www.biausa.org
Brainline
www.brainline.org
Brain Trauma Foundation
www.braintrauma.org
Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and TBI
www.dcoe.health.mil
Defense and Veterans Brain injury Center (DVBIC)
www.dvbic.org
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
www.esgr.org
Government Accounting Office: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Screening and Evaluation
www.gao.gov/highlights/d08276high.pdf
Joining Forces
www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces
Military Source One
www.militaryonesource.mil
National Center for PTSD
www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/traumatic_brain_injury_and_ptsd.asp
National Center for Telehealth and Technology
www.t2health.org
National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICOE)
www.dcoe.health.mil/ComponentCenters/NICoE.aspx
Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery
www.tbirecovery.org
Veterans Health Administration
www.vha.gov