What can a couple of Vietnam Vets do to help combat the high rate of Veteran suicide? Turns out, quite a bit. Straight Scoop for Vets and Friends raises public awareness, provides training and links Veterans to services throughout the state of New Mexico.
VA recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month as an opportunity to raise public awareness and reduce the inaccurate and often damaging stereotypes associated with mental health conditions.
Learn more about MST services available in the VA by speaking with your VA healthcare provider, contacting the MST Program Manager, or visiting your closest Vet Center.
It will take us all – VA, DoD, for-profit, philanthropy – working together toward a common goal – to heal the invisible wounds of war.
The Center for Women Veterans and VA Mental Health Services will partner during April to share how VA is engaging new voices and standing together to empower military sexual trauma survivors.
The number of Veterans with co-morbid SUD and PTSD in VA care has risen over three-fold during the past 10 years, increasing the urgency to find effective methods of treatment.
MST-related treatment is available at all VA medical facilities and all treatment for physical and mental health conditions related to experiences of MST is provided free of charge.
Writing has therapeutic significance for Veterans with PTSD, be it factual or expressive in nature.
We all want to reach millions with our story, but that's only so we can trust we reach the one that needs to hear it.
Know that MST is an experience, not a diagnosis or a condition in and of itself. Veterans may react in a wide variety of ways and not every MST survivor will have long-term difficulties following the experience.
It is estimated that there are a little more than 500,000 former service members with OTH discharges who, under the proposal, would be able to seek treatment at a VA emergency department, Vet Center or contact the Veterans Crisis Line.
Most people who work with Veterans have heard them talk about the importance of their attachment to their pets, and many of us have had Veterans identify their connection to their pet as their primary reason for living.