Addressing Neurocognitive Functioning in Gulf War Illness

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)