Veterans’ Health Matters

Veterans Health Administration

Addressing Neurocognitive Functioning in Gulf War Illness

OCT 14, 202422 MIN

Description

In this episode, Dr. David Litke, Clinical Psychologist, shares his expertise in cognitive rehabilitation and treatment of military exposure related neurocognitive dysfunction as he discusses common neurocognitive concerns for Veterans with Gulf War Illness and possible treatments to explore. This discussion was recorded July 2023.   RESOURCES  Gulf War Illness Factsheet for Providers:  gulf-war-illness-for-providers.pdf (va.gov)       Neuropsychological characteristics of Gulf War illness: A meta-analysis (Janulewicz et al., 2017)  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177121      Neuropsychological Findings in Gulf War Illness: A Review (Jeffrey et al., 2019)  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02088/full      eteran Self-Training:  https://www.veterantraining.va.gov/index.asp.     “Moving Forward” Course: Moving Forward: Overcome Life's Challenges - Veteran Training (va.gov)