[male announcer] tbi is as serious as any battlefield injury. you're just not the guy you used to be. [male announcer] thankfully va has made important advancements in tbi seeing it, treating it understanding it. and they're here to help veterans affected by it. i can see that what we're doing here at the polytrauma unit is to move from survivability to thrive-ability. [male announcer] if you think you or a veteran you know has sustained a brain injury, get screened. in the city of peru and the adjacent city of lasalle. one firefighter needed emergency knee surgery. in california least five more arson fires overnight. and just do say they plan to release surveillance of a man a similar start to many of the blazes. most of these fires have started as the result of something dead in kenai is ignites the vehicle fire and so far one firefighter was hurt when he fell off of a letter police or offering a $60,000 reward for information n.y. police a total of 68 people were arrested including a man accused of stabbing a police of fister who was trying t

there isn't a day that goes by that we don't read something about ptsd and tbi. they're the invisible wounds of this war, although they are hardly new issues. the same issues have been around for every war. in just the last two weeks we've taken two specific steps to help address this, the first of which is, we believe very firmly that because this population is young, everyone who has fought in these wars was in their 20s and 30s when they did it. so they're around for 50 or 60 more years, this is a long term -- and along those lines, we invested a significant amount of time with all of the nation's medical colleges. and we asked them to come together with one commitment which is to train the nation's future physicians in understanding ptsd and tbi in a military cultural competency. the reason being more than half of the veterans in this country do not seek medical care within the va or dod systems. in order to address important long term behavioral issues, all of the physicians around the country whether you're in des moines, south florida, wherever you may be,

there isn't a day that goes by we don't read something in the newspaper about ptsd and tbi. obviously, the invisibility wounds of this war and the signature wounds of this war although they are hardly new issues. these same issues have been around for every war. in just the last two weeks, we've taken two specific steps to help address this. the first of which is, we believe firmly that because this population is young, every one who has fought in these wars, with the exception of me, was in there 20s and 30s when they did it. they're aaron for 50 or 60 more years. this is a long term -- you've got to think long term for this and along those lines, invested a significant amount of time with all of the nation's medical colleges and asked them to come together with one commitment. to train the nation's future physicians in understanding ptsd and tbi and the military cultural competency. the reason being, more than half of veterans in this country do not seek medical care within the v.a. or d.o.d. systems. in order to address important long-term behavioral health issues all of

physical therapists, physicians, emergency room surgeons to have some basic understanding of ptsd and tbi so you can recognize it and take action. you don't have to be the expert but to have some knowledge based on the family population in the country and we believe is a must and we'll see some announcements about that here in the coming weeks. the last thing i would like to talk about which i think is an area where each of you could have an impact and you could essentially do it today is in the world of employment. you may or may not know that young veteran and unemployment in particular for young veterans is significantly higher than national average. comes as a shock to many people. why is that? number one reason is the nation lost 8 million jobs. that's -- young veterans were hit particularly hard. there are some other pieces that go with that, including what has historically not been much of a need to have to translate those great skill use learned on the battle field of eastern afghanistan into civilian speak, but with fewer and fewer leaders in our institutions having been veterans

[male announce tbi is as serious as any battlefield injury.ully va has made important advancements in tbi so if you think you or a veteran you know has sustained a brain injury, get screened. . >>> well, storm no. 2 2 has moved out of town, but we have another one developing offshore. a benefit a break. looking out towards san francisco bay and cloud cover moving through part of the region. as you can see through live stormtracker 2, by this time tomorrow we'll have heavy rain sneaking back into the bay area. as far as rainfall totals over the past 24 hours and, in fact, this was at radar 24 hours ago. look at all the yellows and reds across the region. the amounts pretty impressive. fairfield about 1.5", san josi at .66" and ben loweman, over the past two days picking up nearly 7" in the santa cruz mountains. first thing tomorrow morning, rainfall redevelops. nothing major, but still pers of rain out there and temperatures mainly in the upper 30s to 40s. oakland starting out sunday around 43 and san josi at 42. here is the weather system deve

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lowry out of the house so that the tbi investigators could take over. >> so the lowrys still married or are they in couple's counseling after this? >> according to reports, imajean is in jail under $200,000 bond. but the sad part about this is imajean lowry is disabled and mr. lowry had been the person who helped her in and out of the home, built a ramp in the back of her house so she could get in and out of the house easily. >> i thought they were just the ideal couple. i would look at them and think, i hope when i get that way my husband is that nice to me. >> she's going to have new people taking care of her now. >>> this is surveillance video taken in july of last year. apparently this businessman whose name is miguel sekal is asking the valet to help him change a flat tire. the valet refuses because its is not his job responsibility and he can't leave his post. this is what happens. >> people make me sick. this guy is doing his job, he has other people's keys back there he's watching. he can't leave. >> there are people around trying to assist and the guy still kicks him. >> he

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when i coordinated the tulsa tour -- posttraumatic stress disorder, tbi. never enrolled in the veteran's health administration, never enrolled in the veteran's administration, he was unemployed, divorced and lost custody of his son. however, about six months later, tony -- we got him envoeled in va health care, he leads a substance abuse group. he got him connected with the veterans administration. to qualify for vocational rehabilitation employment as a disabled veteran, he's getting his undergrad. the first person in his family to receive a college education. here's someone that was suicidal, had given up, is going to be a college graduate. he goes to the vet center regularly, and he also got custody of his son because the local bar association helped him out. what he was most excited about was that the oklahoma department of veterans affairs qualified him for free hunting and free fishing. which is ironic, i'm like, no, tony, you get free education. we were third in disof 2008, now, there's 8800 more being planned p.m. keeping up with it is pretty tough

slightly less than 50 percent of our service members with tbi also have post-traumatic stress disorder. a lot of our veterans come bag strengthened by their military service, quite a few of suffering. so because of that problem, one in six veterans have a substance abuse disorderone in six coming back 2340 your cities and communities have a substancy bus disorder. one in five a mental health condition. as result, some turn to drugs or alcohol because a result of their service. you can literally have all the resources out there, but such a macho environment being in the military, nobody's going to raise their hand and say, hey, corporal, can we hug it out? i'm having mental health issues simply isn't going to happen and as result sadly they turn to drugs or alcohol. because of that, some end up in the criminal justice system like we're seeing and like with this phenomenon. instead of incarceration we want to give them rehabilitation which the solution is, veterans treatment courts. now, veterans treatment courts a history of these. they fall into the history of drug courts. the first dr

tbi is real. get educated. don't brush us aside and don't count us out.es at usoinvisiblewounds dot org. computers have long had a place in many classrooms but what about learning on-line only? the number of full-time, and k through 12 students are growing, >> she is training to become a ballerina and dancing for days a week up to eight hours on friday. that is why caterina goes to school here, online. >> sometimes i will study in the morning and that will to three glasses and that i will go to a ballet for three or four hours and then i will come back into some more. >> we sit through an algebra class taught by a teacher a few miles away. >> see was the correct answer, fantastic. >> students use their keyboard or mike asked questions teachers told monthly phone conferences with students and parents, an estimated quarter of 1 million students were enrolled in online schools last year a 25 percent increase over the previous year, some parents use of lead schools because there children are struggling in ordinary ones and others do it for this schedule. whea

tbi accounts for almost half a million visits to the e.r. each year by children 14 and younger.ediatrics" followed 40 children between the ages of 2 and 7, each of whom had suffered a severe brain injury. researchers found that they had persistent intellectual deficits, even ten years later. compared with a control group, the mean average iq scores of the severely injured children were 18 to 26 points lower. that conflicts with much conventional medical opinion that young brains can overcome even serious damage. these findings suggest that children with a severe brain injury may remain at permanent intellectual disadvantage. some good news, though. that gap does not widen over time, and children with milder injuries can recover completely. i'm dr. timothy johnson. >> so they can recover completely from those injuries? >> well, they're saying there's not a widening gap over time. but even still the fact that the iq's a little bit lower, that they don't fully develop intellectually because of an injury suffer so young makes you think what's going on out there in the football field

it is a comprehensive rehabilitation center which specializes in treating tbis or traumatic brain injuries. all of the patients there were wounded in afghanistan. one footnote, the biden's son served in iraq for a year. vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> britain's prince harry is helping raise money for wounded soldiers and doing it by tackling mount everest. that story tonight from abc's nick watt. >> if they made an action prince he would have to have red hair. he unleashed on the taliban, walked across the arctic and now headed for the world's highest mountain with the same bunch of wounded soldiers, raising money and inspiration. >> not just for them but for everybody who ends up being wind. no matter what you can progress with your life and do things beyond any imagination you thought was possible. >> harry, ice axe in hand will spend a week at the top of the world flanking this majestic mansion who kills one in ten of those that attempts her summit. >> the only person that could say to harry right, stop risking four life for all these adventures would be his grandmother the queen and she is no

who is that academic talking about that stuff, but i do have a tbi question in my mind, and my son is just coming barks, and so you -- come k back, and so you get a lot of that, and you try to answer in the way you know about what's going on in the field, so you get associated questions with the brain. the brain is a huge topic, and there's a lot of knowledge about it, and there's lots of holes in the public's knowledge about it, but they want to know more. >> host: yeah, sounds like they are interested in what really hits home which is clinical problems. >> guest: right, exactly, absolutely, yeah. >> host: the deeper problems are profound, and as neuroscience moves further into society, i think people will find that more pal pble related to their lives as well. >> guest: yeah, i think the -- i mean, we all live busy lives with our professions, and we're not running around thinking about free will and determinism. we are just trying to get a cup of coffee and what have you, but the issues outlined in the book are the issues that my deal is the issues of a kid going off to college read

but i do have this tbi question on my mind because my son is just coming back. so you get a lot of that and you just try to do the best you can an answer and away you know about what's going on in the field. so you get associated questions. the brain is a huge topic. there's lots of knowledge about it and lots of holes in the public's knowledge about it, but they want to know more. >> it sounds like they're interested in what happens, which is clinical problems, but these deeper problems are profound ms neuroscience does move further into society, acting people will find that her palpable related to their life as well. >> yeah, we all live busy lives of their professions and we are not running around thinking about free will. we are trying to get a cup of coffee. and what have you. but the issues outlined in reviews in this book are the issues that's my idea is the issue of the cape going off to college. read this because you will see when you are there that most of the topics you are talking about impact with the general topic is raised in the book. think about

slightly less than 50% of the service members with tbi also have post-traumatic stress disorder, and although the veterans come back, strengthened by the service, there are quite a few suffering. because of that problem, one in six veterans have a substance abuse disorder. one in six coming back to your communities and cities have a substance abuse disorder. one in five have a mental health condition. as a result, some turn to drugs or alcohol because as a result of their service. you can literally have all the resources out there, but it's such a macho environment in the military, no one says hey, can we talk about huer feelings? i'm having mental et issues. that's not going to happen. as a result, they turn to drugs and alcohol, and because they do, some end up in the criminal justice season like we're seeing and instead of incarceration, we want to give them rehabilitation which the solution is veteran's treatments courts. now, the courts give you a history -- they fall into the history of drug courts. the first drug court began in 1989 in florida. miami was experiencing too many

is -- but i do have this tbi question on my mind because my son's just coming back from, you know, so you get a lot of that. and you just try to do the best job you can and answer in a way you know about what's going on in the field. so you get associated questions with the brain. the brain is a huge topic. and there's lots of knowledge about it, and there's lots of holes in the public's knowledge about it, but they want to know more. >> host: yeah. they sound like they're interested in what really hits home, which is clinical problems. >> guest: yeah, that's right. absolutely. yep. >> host: but these deeper problems are profound, and as neuroscience does move further into society, i think people will find that more palpable, palpably related to their lives as well. >> guest: yeah, i think, i mean, we all have busy lives with our professions, and we're not running around thinking about free will and determinism. we're trying to get a cup of coffee. [laughter] and what have you. but the issues outlined and reviewed in this book are the issues that my ideal is the issues of a kid going

there isn't a day that goes by that we don't read something in the newspaper about ptsd and tbi. signature wounds of this war although they are hardly issues. .. >> train the nation's future physicians and the military cultural competency. the reason being more than half the veterans in this country do not seek medical care within the va or dod systems so in order to address important long term behavioral health issues, all the physicians around the country, whether you're in des moines, south florida, wherever you may be, need to have some understanding because there's a tremendous impact on the growing population. the great news, they stepped up and did it, had an announcement at the virginia commonwealth, we're 130 medical colleges came together and thought that was an important endeavor and are training the nation's future physicians in this. that's great. that's the future. we're working with 30 medical associations around the country getting them -- asking them to fundment tally do the same thing and more of a now context, and that is for all of the medical disciplines in t

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