Resurrecting Lives foundation
Advocating for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury
Resurrecting Lives foundation
Advocating for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury
Veterans Crisis Line is a Confidential Crisis Support for Veterans and their loved ones.
Contact the Veterans Crisis Line 24/7, 365 days a year: Dial 988 then Press 1, chat online, or text 838255.
The Veterans Crisis Line serves Veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and those who support them. Call 911 in life-threatening situations.
24/7 military peer support program staffed by veterans.
Their goal is to prevent challenges from turning into crises by providing upstream support.
Provides immediate, confidential, ongoing support to every active-duty military service member, National Guard and Reserves service member, veterans of every generation, and their family members and caregivers.
What to expect when you contact them:
*You will immediately be connected to a peer who is a veteran or a member of the military community.
*There is no challenge that they won’t help you find a solution for.
*Remain connected and engaged with you after your initial contact, for as long as it takes, until the issue is resolved.
*Every conversation is 100% Confidential.
Call them @ 855-838-8255
RLF has partnered with
The Elizabeth Dole Foundation, as well as Face the Fight,
which was founded by USAA.
To learn more and to view resources available on their website,
Click the link.
RLF appreciates the partnership and all of their continued efforts
to end veterans' suicide.
**Are you a Veteran/Service Member with a traumatic brain injury, blast exposure, or exposure to firing large weapons? To better support you, researchers are working to understand how military service experiences connect to your current health, the medical care you get, and how that's going for you. We also want your guidance on what research questions we should ask and what healthcare support would make the biggest difference for you. Click here to participate: https://utahtorch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8cBjxUvR0BxcDu6
**Are you a caregiver for a Veteran/Service Member with a traumatic brain injury, blast exposure, or exposure to firing large weapons? To better support you, researchers are working to understand how military service experiences connect to your current health, the medical care you get, and how that's going for you. We also want your guidance on what research questions we should ask and what healthcare support would make the biggest difference for you. Click here to participate: https://utahtorch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rrBYgR2pM0370O
**Are you 1) a Veteran/Service Member with a Traumatic Brain Injury, blast exposure, or exposure to firing large weapons, or 2) a Caregiver to such a Veteran or Service Member? To better support you, researchers are working to understand how military service experiences connect to your current health, the medical care you get, and how that's going for you. We also want your guidance on what research questions we should ask and what healthcare support would make the biggest difference for you. Click here to participate if you are a Veteran/Service Member: https://utahtorch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8cBjxUvR0BxcDu6. Click here to participate if you are a Caregiver: https://utahtorch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rrBYgR2pM0370O.
The Facts About TBI
- Treating TBI/PTSD is a necessity; NOT an option. Prompt diagnosis and treatment diminishes complications and improves employment and education opportunities.
- TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) has been estimated in 20-25% of the nearly 3.2 million returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, and an estimated 30% have PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
- Conventional neuroimaging studies such as the MRI and CAT scan do not reveal the pathology of a mild TBI. Newer technology, such as Diffusion Tensor Imaging and functional MRI must be utilized to further the diagnosis and treatment of the nearly 450,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with TBI.
- The conditions caused by TBI are unforgiving, and include substance abuse, unemployment, homelessness, incarceration and even suicide.
- Recent statistics released by the DOD/VA indicate that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are taking their own lives at an alarming rate. Statistics reveal that nearly five times more veterans have died by suicide than in combat.
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