Sec. 735. Sense of Congress on use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder
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Congress finds the following: Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder are the signature injuries of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Post-traumatic stress disorder is prevalent throughout the regular component of the Armed Forces. For example, with respect to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, which has a base population of 41,753 active duty personnel, including 38,020 marines and 3,533 sailors— 6,616 patients with a principal diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder had at least one visit for post-traumatic stress disorder between February 2013 and April 2014; and the Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, which had a total of approximately 600,000 outpatient visits during 2013, recorded 15,043 outpatient visits for which post-traumatic stress disorder was the primary reason for the visit between February 2013 and April 2014.
It is the sense of Congress that— hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical treatment that can be used to treat active duty members of the Armed Forces for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder if— such treatment is prescribed by a military medical doctor; and a hyperbaric chamber that is owned by the Department of Defense and cleared for clinical use is locally available; and the Secretary of Defense should increase awareness among members of the Armed Forces, including military medical doctors, of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.