Medical Research

Combat Brain Injuries Often May Be Stress - Pentagon and Army medical personnel are examining how they handle mild brain injury from combat after new research said symptoms in these cases are often from post-traumatic stress disorder and not brain damage The research, published in the New England Journal Of Medicine, says that soldiers who test positive for brain injury months after combat may actually be suffering from PTSD and depression. The study calls into question how the Army defines and screens soldiers for brain injury months after combat. The research was led by Army Col. Charles Hoge, a psychiatrist and epidemiologist who has conducted landmark research on PTSD.