The Brain Health and Wellness Video Series
Many U.S. service members, veterans and civilians worry about getting dementia because they had a traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI is one of many risk factors for developing dementia. Fortunately, almost all of these risk factors can be prevented or managed. Making healthy lifestyle choices can keep your brain healthy and help prevent dementia.
The Brain Health and Wellness Video Series has a 5 minute overview segment on nine modifiable brain health risk factors. There is also a 3-5 minute segment on each risk factor: hearing loss, diabetes, hypertension, depression, PTSD, excessive alcohol use, tobacco use, obesity, and insufficient sleep. Following each video segment are links to helpful tools, resources and clinical provider access.
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Taking Control of Your Brain health and Wellness Overview
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For Services Members and Veterans Brain Health Resoures:
Service Member Brain Health Hub
Managing TBI and Related Conditions
Aging with TBI
Living a Healthy Lifestyle
Find Clinical Evidence-based TBI and Brain Health Resources:
Providing Evidence-informed TBI Services/a>
VA/DOD 2021 Mild TBI Diagnosis and Treatment Pocket Card
TBI and Hearing Loss
Find Services Members and Veterans Hearing Resources:
Preventing Military Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Veterans Resources for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
Community Hearing Loss Resources
Find Clinician Evidence-based Hearing Care Resources:
Veterans Progressive Tinnitus Management Program
Military Hearing Health Resources
TBI and Hypertension
Find Services Member and Veteran Hypertension Resources:
Self-Managing Hypertension
Guideline Central Hypertension Patient Summary
For Clinical Evidence-based Hypertension Care Resources: VA/DOD 2023 Hypertension Diagnosis and Management Pocket Card
TBI and Diabetes
Find Services Member and Veteran Diabetes Resources:
Self-Managing Diabetes
DOD/VA Managing Diabetes Patient Summary
Find Clinician Evidence-based Diabetes Resources: VA/DOD 2023 Type 2 Diabetes Clinical Practice Guideline and Tools
TBI and PTSD
Find Services Member and Veteran PTSD Resources:
VA National Center for PTSD
VA/DOD Managing PTSD Patient Summary
For Clinician Evidence-based PTSD Resources:
VA PTSD Treatment Essentials
VA/DOD 2023 PTSD Clinical Practice Guideline and Tools
VA/DOD 2023 PTSD Diagnosis and Management Pocket Card
TBI and Depression
Find Service Member and Veteran Depression Resources:
Managing Depression
Understanding Depression for Providers and Patients
Depression Gender Differences
Find Clinician Evidence-based Depression Care Resources:
VA/DOD 2022 Assessment and Diagnosis of Depression Pocket Card
VA/DOD 2022 Depression Clinical Practice Guideline and Tools
TBI and Alcohol Use
Find Service Member and Veteran Alcohol Use Resources:
Managing Alcohol or substance Use
Army Thin Line Between Use-Misuse-Abuse-Addiction
Find Clinician Evidence-based Alcohol and Substance Use Care Resources:
VA/DOD 2021 Alcohol and Substance Use Assessment and Treatment Pocket Card
VA/DOD 2021 Substance Use Disorder Clinical Practice Guideline and Tools
TBI and Tobacco
Find Service Member and Veteran Smoking Cessation Resources:
Veteran Tobacco and Health Resources
VA Stay Quit Coach (mobile app)
Service Member Tobacco Cessation Services
Find Clinician Evidence-based Smoking Cessation Care Resources:
VA Clinician Quit Tobacco Guide and Tools
TBI and Obesity
Find Service Member and Veteran Healthy Weight Resources:
Managing Weight
Veterans MOVE! Weight Management Program
Military Health Weight Management for Lasting Health
Find Clinician Evidence-based Weight Management Care Resources:
VA/DOD Clinician Weight Management Services Pocket Guide
TBI and Sleep
Find Service Member and Veteran Sleep Resources:
Getting Healthy Sleep after Concussion
Service Member Sleep Under Stressful Conditions Brief Guide
Find Clinician Evidence-based Sleep Care Resources:
VA/DOD 2019 Sleep Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment Pocket Card
Sleep Medicine Practice Guidelines