Brain Injuries Impact Soldiers Long After They're Home - Caroline Alexander

Traumatic brain injury in sports is an increasingly recognized affliction incurred from repeated impacts to the head. But Caroline Alexanderexplains that it's now being researched as a cause of U.S. veterans feeling sick, unfocused and depressed after they return from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. While the soldiers might not have any visible trauma, shockwaves from bombs could potentially reverberate under helmets and damage the brain, through the skull. Alexander says that many veterans have been reluctant to report these types of injuries because of the lack of understanding of injuries that don't leave visible scars.