Treatment Court Toolkit for Supporting Individuals w/ ABI
Each year, approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain a brain injury, and an estimated 5.3 million Americans are living with the effects of one. While the incidence of brain injuries in the general population is alarming, the prevalence among justice-involved individuals is staggering, so much so that the CDC recognizes brain injury in prisons and jails as an important public health problem.
All Rise's Justice for Vets has partnered with NASHIA to develop a new toolkit designed to help treatment courts better identify, assess, treat, and support individuals with acquired brain injury in their programs.
Building Capacity of Veteran Treatment Courts: Resources for Brain Injury Programs
The prevalence of brain injury among veterans is high, and especially so for those veterans who are engaged in the criminal legal system. Veteran treatment courts provide an ideal opportunity for a partnership between brain injury programs and the courts to ensure better outcomes for the veteran. This toolkit provides state brain injury programs an overview of what veteran court is, a video from a judge’s perspective designed to promote buy-in for the need for this support, tip sheets for a variety of audiences, and PowerPoint training slide decks to aid in training efforts.
Preventing Suicidal Behavior After TBI
The rate of suicide for Veterans with moderate to severe TBI was 136 per 100,000 person-years, compared with 37 per 100,000 person-years for Veterans without TBI.
VA Traumatic Brain Injury Resources
“Traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by exposure to explosions is common among Veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. TBI is an injury to the head that disrupts the normal functioning of the brain.”
VA Research on TBI
“Due to improved diagnostics and increased vigilance, there are now more accurate statistics on military TBI rates. The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) reported nearly 414,000 TBIs among U.S. service members worldwide between 2000 and late 2019.”
Wounded Warrior Project
“Sometimes the most painful injuries aren’t physical. Whether it’s PTSD, TBI, combat stress, or any other mental health condition, we’re here to help you get through it.”
Role of State Government in Serving Veterans with TBI
“Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has been named the signature wound of the War in Iraq and Afghanistan with an estimated 360,000 men and women returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with TBI.”
NIH Suicide and TBI Among individuals Seeking Veterans Health Administration Services
Objective: To examine associations between history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnosis and death by suicide among individuals receiving care within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).